it apparent to me that director or writer patricia rozema never decide what genre to use for this film a she all over the place . the end result be a mass of confusion which attempt to focus on jane austen book mansfield park and biographical sketch of jane austen herself and as well a an historical look back at black slavery issue simultaneously and do none justice . a if all this wasn not bad enough and rozema couldn not even decide what time period she want to use for the movie . it not just major flaw in the script which have the various character express themselves in way which would have be much more appropriate for a character of today but also the costume be all wrong . many of the character just seem to exist . a a viewer and i find little character development to make me care one way or the other about most of the cast of character in this film . even the lead female and male character in the film seem lose among the others due to a lack of contrast . bad of all be the most unimaginative use of narration that i can recall see in any film to date . although this be mean to serve a a transition between scene and to move the plot along and it fail miserably . there also seem to be a large amount of indistinguishable dialogue in this film that be not intentional . it wasn not until i watch this film with the director comment which have the actor dialogue in caption that i even understand what be be say in some scene despite the fact that i have try repeat playback . they must have have some audio problem . music for this film be too loud in place and poorly choose . speaking of director comment represent her primary motivation for make this film ( accord to what she say on the film dvd version ) be a scene which which utilize sexually explicit and violently graphic pen and ink drawing of slave . huh . for a jane austen film . yes . hear the comment yourself in the dvd version .