The story mainly focuses on Vernon's attempt to give her daughter and herself a new match, after being recently widowed. With that said, it's far and away Kate Beckinsale's film as she plays the infamous Lady Susan Vernon. I caught on to the characters after a while, but trying to remember everyone's names was quite the challenge, especially when they all talk, dress, and look relatively the same. We are introduced to almost every single character within the first few minutes via opening credits, and it became overwhelming as a viewer. I don't know how closely the writers attempted to stay to Austen's work, but one of the main issues to the film is the overabundance of characters. For the most part, it's an enjoyable film. In fact, I usually don't care for them much at all, but with rave reviews and a heavier reliance on comedy than romance, I decided to give Love & Friendship a shot. I don't consider myself the avid Jane Austen reader or fan of the media adaptations. While Love & Friendship certainly isn't the thinker or entertainer that most of the films released in May, it has its fair share of laughs and uses its gorgeous locales and famous source material to its benefit as much as it can. There's something very satisfying about a period piece that actually feels like a film that lives in another time and place.
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