i have just watch this again on the bbc channel 4. it not jane austen best novel by any mean but the film be a reasonable interpretation . i suspect the assembly room at bath would have be rather more crowded than show while perhaps they couldn not afford the extra . also why do everyone shut up so that the dance couple can have an audible conversation . i have never hear anything anyone have ever say to me when i have be dance and i suspect it would have be the same in the 18/19th century in bath . i can not believe the u or canada review while they completely miss the ironic element that be in the film throughout . the gothic scene be quite cleverly present but you need to read them properly . i be sure jane a would be mildly amuse by those review . a propos of nothing and do anyone else think that peter firth get to look more like colin baker ( a former doctor who ) or vice versa the older they both get .