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Based on Jane Austen’s novel, a wealthy young woman spends her time being a matchmaker and counseling her lovelorn friend, often with ill-fated results. With Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam, Toni Collette, Ewan McGregor, Greta Scacchi, James Cosmo, Alan Cumming, Denys Hawthorne, Sophie Thompson, Polly Walker, Kathleen Byron, Phyllida Law, Juliet Stevenson, Edward Woodall, Brian Capron, Karen Westwood, Rebecca Craig, Angela Down and John Franklyn-Robbins. [2:01]SEX/NUDITY 0 – None.
VIOLENCE/GORE 1 – A group of people push a woman to the ground while trying to steal her purse. It’s implied a woman hits a dog with an arrow while practicing archery (we hear the dog yelp).
LANGUAGE 1 – A couple of mild obscenities.
DISCUSSION TOPICS – 19th Century London, affluence vs. poverty, snobbery, deception, matchmaking, falling in love.
MESSAGE – Often the best matches happen naturally. Don’t meddle in others lives, and don’t let others meddle in yours.
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