this film have to be one of the most enjoyable film i have ever see . the sincerity and wittiness of jane austen combine with the ridicule of a shakespearean play and cold comfort farm tell a clever and little story about a young and determined london girl who be set on lift the curse of the starkadder family . kate beckinsale flora poste be a unshaken and well speak a austen emma ( who beckinsale have also star a ) but in a more cheerful and less hypocritical manner . the name in the film do their best to describe the utter depravity of the starkadder represent the horse viper and the cow aimless and senseless and heedless and desireless and aunt ada doom . the acting in the film be flawless and stephen fry be just the icing on the cake .