Friday, August 16, 2013

'Austenland' Review: Lacking Sense and Sensibility ... and Laughs

By Alonso Duralde LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - As the writer of 2009's "Gentlemen Broncos" and now the writer-director of "Austenland," Jerusha Hess accomplishes the seemingly impossible — she makes the brilliant Jennifer Coolidge completely unfunny. Hess's Midas-in-reverse touch permeates all of "Austenland," taking an amusing premise (from the novel by Shannon Hale, who's credited as co-writer) and pounding the comedy out of it with a mallet. ...



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