Austenland has some cheery moments of hilarity, weirdness, wit and surprises. But there aren’t nearly enough of them to make a successful comedy — although it so much wants to be just that, writes Philip Martin in MovieStyle.
Since reality isn’t delivering the relationship she craves, Jane Hayes (Keri Russell) saves up for a vacation to Austenland, a resort on an English country estate that offers its guests the opportunity to live like characters in Jane Austen’s novels — right down to romance-for-hire.
See tomorrow’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for more on Austenland and The Family and Insidious: Chapter 2, also opening this week.