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The Jane Austen Book Club' fails to captivate as film adaptation

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From: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA
Date: 20080216
Author:Taylor Bundy, 17

Movie Review

TAYLOR BUNDY, 17

Prudie Drummond's husband cancels the couple's trip to Paris for a basketball game with his boss. During a romantic dinner date, Sylvia Avila's husband announces his departure from the family. Meanwhile, her lesbian daughter Allegra muddles through a breakup with girlfriend Corinne.

"The Jane Austen Book Club" sways between these multiple storylines throughout the span of the film.

Jocelyn (Maria Bello), a breeder of Rhodesian Ridgebacks, rounds up some of her closest friends, and new-acquaintance Prudie (Emily Blunt), whom she ...

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