BECOMING JANE director Julian Jarrold turns up the temperature on Evelyn Waugh's 1945 novel with an adaptation that's a fraction of the length the BBC's much-loved, 11-hour miniseries. And yet much of the material is still there: Wrap it in sumptuous costume design, unbeatable locales (the film was once again shot at the grand Castle Howard, as well as Oxford, Venice and Morocco), and Emma Thompson's unforgettable performance as a grand, Machiavellian mamma and you've got a memorable time at the movies.
Middle-class Charles Ryder (Matthew Goode) arrives at Oxford With dreams of one day becoming an artist – along with more practical plans to study history --...
Released:
2008
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
134 mins