Austenland

Austenland is full of satire, love and comedy

By GalaTView Staff

 “AUSTENLAND” is a romantic comedy about 30-something, single Jane Hayes (Keri Russell), a seemingly normal young woman with a secret: her obsession with all things Jane Austen.  But when she decides to spend her life savings on a trip to an English resort catering to Austen–crazed women, Jane’s fantasies of meeting the perfect Regency–era gentleman suddenly become more real than she ever could have imagined.  Based on the novel by Shannon Hale (who also co-wrote the script), the film was written and directed by Jerusha Hess (writer, “Napoleon Dynamite”) and produced by Stephenie Meyer’s Fickle Fish Films.

The beginning of the film makes great play of the American fascination with British culture and manners. Jane finds herself in romantic entanglements with two men (the easygoing stableboy and the rude Darcy-like figure).

Even there’s not much sense, and dubious sensibility, in looking for true love at a fantasy camp for fiction fans, the main lesson was any person should not believe in fantasies, but love is the only hope to continue our lives forever.

 “Austenland” will release the film on August 16, 2013 in New York and Los Angeles and nationally throughout late August / early September.