Sense and Sensibility (film) Austen adaptation of all time, opining that Lee "offered an acute outsider's insight into Austen in this compelling 1995 interpretation of the book [and] Emma Thompson delivered a charming turn as the older, wiser, Dashwood sister, Elinor." Journalist Zoe Williams credits Thompson as the person most responsible for Austen's popularity, explaining in 2007 that "Sense and Sensibility" "is the definitive Austen film and that's largely down to her." In 2011, "The Guardian" film critic Paul Laity named it his favourite film of all time, partly because of its "exceptional screenplay, crisply and skilfully done.". Devoney Looser reflected on the film
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