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The Jane Austen Book Club

HUGH DANCY AS Grigg

Based On: Novel of the same name by Karen Joy Fowler [purchase]
Also known as: Jane Austen Book Club
Directed by: Robin Swicord
Written by: Robin Swicord
Produced by: John Calley, Julie Lynn, Diana Napper
Motion Picture Rating: PG-13 for mature thematic material, sexual content, brief strong language and some drug use
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original release: September 9, 2007
Running time: 1 hour, 46 minutes
Other cast: Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman
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You don’t have to know the books to be in the club.
Explores Austen’s adage that general incivility is at love’s essence. Sylvia’s husband dumps her for another woman, so Bernadette and Jocelyn organize a book club to distract her. They recruit Sylvia’s daughter Allegra; Prudie, a young teacher whose marriage may be on the rocks; and Grigg, a sci-fi fan who joins out of attraction to Jocelyn. The six read and discuss one Austen novel per month. Jocelyn tries to interest Grigg in Sylvia; Allegra falls in love with a woman she meets skydiving; Prudie contemplates an affair with a student; Sylvia’s ex keeps popping up. In the discussions, characters reveal themselves in their comments. By the end, are truths universally acknowledged?