although i know good than to expect a pure adaptation of a novel when hollywood get hold of it and i be nevertheless unprepared for the horrible mangling this novel receive at the hand of the screenwriter . have immensely enjoy recent rendering of sense and sensibility and emma and and various version of pride and prejudice and i expect to receive similar enjoyment from this film . i have not read any review or advance press before watch it . i have and unfortunately and just read the book itself this summer and it be fresh in my mind . in my opinion this be the bad rendition of a jane austen work i have ever see . perhaps if i have never read the book and i might have enjoy it somewhat more and but to me it be unbearable to see a book i thoroughly enjoy so completely rewritten . i be astonish at the comment of some of the reviewer here opine that jane austen would have approve . poppycock . i begin to feel sick early on . to me and the character of fanny price and other major character bore a much resemblance to jane austen heroine a danny devito bore to arnold schwarzenegger in twin . the entire invention of fanny a a budding writer and the deletion of her young brother who be so important in the plot concern henry crawford and the image of fanny a somewhat outspoken and rebellious and the depiction of fanny aunt a an opium addict and her uncle a a brutish and rap slaveowner . the list go on and on . henry and maria be catch by fanny in the house and fanny voluntarily kiss henry and agree to marry him and then retract . ugh . i really detest writer who want to mold everything in the modern vein . fanny price be not a modern heroine and but she fit her time . there be far too much pc propaganda and feminist hogwash which you might expect in a movie about our society but be ridiculous set against fanny time . she be devout and loyal and quiet and humble and stubborn only in her keen perception of others character a measure against her conviction of what be good and what be not and possess an innate strength of character which do not rely on others perception of her and which she refuse to compromise . jane austen would not have approve of this new fanny for precisely this reason represent her fanny do not care about the new convention of moral thought and permissiveness in her own society . the movie downplay the seriously flawed character of henry crawford and his sister . it portray him far too sympathetically and make it appear that he truly and deeply love fanny and seem to blame fanny ( non existent ) double mindedness for his downfall . all in all and this be an extremely disappointing film if one care about what be really write in mansfield park . i think clueless a a modern version of emma ( and which i also enjoy ) be more true to austen than this let down of a movie .