Whit Stillman

A strange little film - entertaining and more amusing than laugh out funny. Very much for Jane Austen fans - it's Austen on steroids. You can see the seeds of her later characters in this but without her later subtlety.

Año 1790. La joven viuda Lady Susan Vernon acude a la hacienda de su familia política, con la intención de acallar los rumores acerca de su vida personal y sus flirteos en la élite social. Mientras está viviendo allí, decide buscarse un marido para ella y para su hija Federica, aunque la joven es reacia al matrimonio. Adaptación del relato corto de Jane Austen, "Lady Susan". (FILMAFFINITY)

Grim but funny trifle. The actors delivered their lines as if they had just memorized them seconds ago.

I was intrigued by the idea of seeing Whit Stillman rethink Jane Austen, and I thought the novel might give me insight into his artistic process. But there's very little here that isn't in the movie, and the movie's a lot better.