Emma: 2009 Version (DVD)

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“ Sing hosanna, for the costume drama stork has deposited a bundle of joy on our collective doorstep”
- Guardian Unlimited Emma Woodhouse, beautiful, clever, & rich, has very little to concern her. When her governess marries advantageously, Emma congratulates herself on her great success as a matchmaker. So, when she meets the pretty, naive, & socially inferior Harriet, Emma is ready to practise her skills again
- ignoring warnings of the harm she could cause from friend & neighbour, Mr Knightley. As she sets about meddling with the affairs of the village of Highbury, Emma carves a trail of confusion, disappointment & disaster that risks Harriet’s happiness, & much to her surprise, her own happiness too. This fresh, funny, & perceptive adaptation by Sandy Welch, acclaimed writer of North & South, Jane Eyre, & Our Mutual Friend, brings Jane Austen’s comic masterpiece about village life, love, & self awareness to life with a stellar cast. As our heroine embarks on a journey that challenges her naivety & her social preconceptions it leads her to realise that she has become so focused on the lives of others that she has failed to