Sense and Sensibility (film) Emma Thompson had written. Doran believed the humour and style of writing was "exactly what [she'd] been searching for." Thompson and Doran were already working together on Mirage's 1991 film "Dead Again." A week after its completion, the producer selected Thompson to adapt "Sense and Sensibility", although she knew that Thompson had never written a screenplay. Also a fan of Austen, Thompson first suggested they adapt "Persuasion" or "Emma" before agreeing to Doran's proposal. The actress found that "Sense and Sensibility" contained more action than she had remembered, and decided it would translate well to drama. Thompson spent five years
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters transform it into the theme of the novel. However, with "Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters", the image is created by the artist. "Entertainment Weekly" gave "Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters" a rating of B- (in contrast to a rating of A- for "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies"), wondering "(c)an it be that in the rush to turn a charming book novelty into a renewable resource, the whole Austen-and-monsters series has already jumped the shark?" "The A.V. Club" gave the novel a favorable review and a grade of A-, approving of Winters' "aggressive approach to transforming his assigned text