i be no jane austen purist but why make a film like this if you have nothing to say . billie piper be so wrong for the part it be difficult to know where to begin wrong personality and modern make up and completely wrong hair ( there be no way a young lady of her age would have romp around in public with her hair loose and unbrushed like that ) and she do not seem particularly meek nor put upon by the family and i do not understand why everyone seem to think of her a particularly saintly or kind . the picnic ( substitute for the ball ) be so low budget it be embarrass to watch and miss out the portsmouth section completely destroy the point of the piece ( as well a lose scene which could have add a gritty counterpoint to that oh so claustrophobic pink sit room . ) to those responsible represent if you haven not the imagination ( even the budget doesn not matter so much a the imagination ) to do something meaningful with an adaptation please do not pretend to be produce jane austen . it be about 10 % mansfield park and 90 % nothing much at allps edmund be very good .