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Tuned to the pleasures of Jane Austen.(Entertainment)

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From: Cape Times (South Africa)
Date: 20080104
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THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB. Directed by Robin Swicord, with Maria Bello, Emily Blunt, Amy Brenneman, Kathy Baker, Hugh Dancy, Marc Blucas, Chris Burket and Lynn Redgrave.

Review: CARINA CHOCANO

The notion of Jane Austen as palliative for all that ails you reaches its warm and cuddly apotheosis in The Jane Austen Book Club, adapted from the novel by Karen Joy Fowler.

Capably, if not exactly artfully directed by longtime screenwriter, first-time feature director Robin Swicord, the film is a widget carefully engineered to comfort, console and sell like hot cakes ...

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