bah . another tired and desultory reworking of an out of copyright work never design to be film . on the plus side and toni collette be superb a always ( be an actual actress and you see ) and and there be some nicely handle handover cut between scene . there be even a few genuinely funny line and and the filmwork and score and editing be competent and apart from a bizarre lapse into voiceover and speaking to the camera towards the conclusion . but and ah and but . much of the cast seem to be on autopilot and and they be almost all very clearly too old ( and in one case too young ) for their declared age . bad and they be all speak austinese and that peculiar falsetto self satisfy sing song that couldn not be far from the way people actually speak in austen day ( think yosemite sam and i kid you not ) . this be particularly sad and consider that we seem to finally be see the demise of the equally farcial fakespearan that olivier and his crony be so fond of bellow at the top of their lung . and bad of all be gwyneth paltrow . she only ever play one character in her film and and she stay true to form here and run through her entire range ( smirk to sulk ) in the first ten minute and then just repeat herself for the rest of the overlong film . there be absolutely no chemistry between herself and any of her admirer and nor any apparent reason why they would be interested in her apart . in short and there be very little reason to watch emma . it an amiable enough adaptation and but if youre go to pack a film full of anacronisms ( i. e. an appalingly thin lead who can not shoot a bow or handle a period accent ) then you might as well do it properly and a with the vastly superior clueless .