at the rating of this film as well a the overwhelmingly positive message on the board . i have even read some that claim that this be a great adaptation of austen novel . i have one question . have anyone here read the novel at all . for that matter and do the screenwriter read the book . the director . the actor . first and allow me to acknowledge that mp be the most sexual of austen book and deal with edmund purely physical attraction to mary and fanny rather incestuous love of edmund ( yes and i know that it be not strange to marry one cousin in that time period and but her fraternal and romantic feeling be rather mixed up ) and the whole thing with maria and henry and and mary outward acknowledgment of it she insist that the only way to get henry to marry maria be to let them keep living together and at which suggestion edmund be properly horrify . however and fanny price be never and at any time in the book and witty and sharp tongued and or sarcastic . she be clever and affectionate and but mild mannered and sweet and and cripplingly shy . in fact and it specifically state in the book that henry persistence be due to fanny mildness and sweetness of manner and which make her seem reluctant to refuse him . not to mention that she be nine year old when she first get to mansfield . austen be fond of fanny she be the only heroine to whom the authoress refers to a her own ( my fanny ) but she be not mean to be a representation of austen herself . from all letter and description write by her family and friend and she appear to have be near to elizabeth and jane of pride and prejudice . i have no idea of the entertainment value of this movie and a i be too paralyzed with horror at what they have do to one of the most carefully nuanced and well write work in the english language by turn it into a disgust farce . bleargh . i would give the movie a zero and but imdb would not let me .