"The Jane Austen Book Club" is a story about a group of five women and one man who meet monthly to read all six of Jane Austen's novels. While reading the stories, the group realizes that the novels imitate their modern lives. One woman has been married six times while another has never been married. There's a mother and daughter pair where the mother has recently become divorced while her daughter struggles with her life as a lesbian. The fifth woman is unhappily married and struggles with her childhood. The man is an oddball thrown into the mix, but adds some insight that the women would never have expected. The cast has a lot of familiar faces, and I enjoyed the film. My only complaint with the film is the disposable view of marriage and relationships as is evidenced by the characters. That is very unlike the characters portrayed in Austen's novels. The movie also inspired me to read some of Jane Austen's books, particularly "Persuasion." The movie was a great chick flick, but I would still prefer to watch "Pride & Prejudice" or "Sense and Sensibility." Overall, this film gets 3 ½ out of 5 stars.
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