When Emma Thompson was approached with the suggestion to write a screenplay based on Jane Austen's first novel Sense and Sensibility (1811), she was somewhat doubtful because, as she explains on the DVD's commentary track, she felt that other Austen works, like the more expressive Emma and Persuasio...
All things Austen for me, thanks! I haven't read many re-do's or sequels that I've enjoyed as much as the originals, though. And Emma Thompson did a phenomenal job adapting this book to the screen!
Because Emma Thompson is even more clever and delightful than you think she could possibly be.
Thompson brings the charm to her adaptation, and includes little amusing asides.
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