i have to wonder if the folk who be praise this film to the sky have ever read the book . i be not a jane austen purist if i be and i could not say that the root or hinds version of persuasion be my favorite austen adaptation and which it be . this be patricia rozema mansfield park and not jane austen . first and rozema give u a feisty and spirit fanny price and who tell off aunt norris and sir thomas and who accept henry crawford proposal and and then reject it the next day ( a la ja herself with harris bigg wither ) . in this mp and sir thomas deserve to be tell off . he be portray a a lecherous dirty old man and who leer at fanny and mary crawford throughout the film . we have all hear about the addition rozema make to the film . she deal with the slavery issue in a very heavy hand way and beat u over the head with it whenever possible . tom bertram be not the empty head fop he be in ja book while here he be just as much an abolitionist a fanny and and it be his sketchbook fill with incriminating drawing of sir thomas abuse the slave in antigua that fanny find . in fact and rozema take on tom be rather bizarre while in the book and his argument with his father center around his irresponsibility and his profligacy . in the film and while sir thomas try to scold his son for these fault and tom take him to task for his activity in antigua . what i find odd be that and if tom be such an abolitionist and why would he be so free and easy with money taint by the slave trade . rozema leave out what i consider to be some very important people and scene . william price and the grant be nowhere to be see while a a result and there be no amber cross buy with prize money and no distress over which chain to wear to the ball and no one to accompany fanny to portsmouth . fanny dislike and distrust of henry be never fully explain . we never get to see the out to sotherton and and while we do see maria flirt relentlessly with henry and we never see him play one sister off against the other . fanny disapproval of the theatrical be never explain either . in rozema version and it seem a if fanny be simply not invite to be in the play and instead of be unalterably oppose to it . the scene with fanny play anhalt to help mary crawford rehearse be also completely wrong . mary start caress fanny and while edmund watch with his eye almost pop out of his head . so and instead of edmund give in and join the play in order to spare his family the embarrassment of publicity and we be leave with the impression that he take on the role of anhalt just so that he can justify have mary run her hand all over him . next and we have the scene at portsmouth . here and we have henry send fanny a display of firework and dove and and then we see her accept his proposal and seal the bargain with some less than chaste kiss in public and no less . the ( in ) famous sex scene between maria and henry take place at mansfield park rather than in london and and because rozema have play with ja chronology of event and fanny be already back from portsmouth and and it be she who catch them in the act . edmund be present for the aftermath and where maria try to defend her action . another thing that gall me no end be that mary crawford defense of her brother action be do in person and at mansfield park . she be patronize towards all concern and include sir thomas and who have finally stop leer by this point . the newspaper item announce maria and henry behavior to the world be read by fanny and and the culprit full name be use and which be also not the way it happen in the book . a couple of people walk out about 1/3 of the way through the screening i attend and and several others walk out just a the credit begin . the wishbone version of pride and prejudice and northanger abbey resemble the source material more than this trash do . shame on you ms. rozema and shame on you .