Events from the life of the author Jane Austen inspired this romantic historical drama, which speculates of a romance that may have had a significant impact on her life and work. Twenty-year-old Jane Austen (Anne Hathaway) is the daughter of Rev. Austen (James Cromwell), a minister who looks after a flock in a small rural community in Southern England with his wife (Julie Walters). While her older sister, Cassandra (Anna Maxwell Martin), is engaged to be married, Jane resists her family's efforts to match her up with Mr. Wisley (Laurence Fox), the wealthy but dull nephew of Lady Gresham (Maggie Smith), a minor member of the British nobility. Jane has the heart of an artist, and hopes to distinguish herself as a musician or a writer, though her parents don't think much of her prospects. When Jane meets Tom Lefroy (James McAvoy), a young man her own age, she's intrigued; while he scoffs at her writing style, he clearly sees she has talent, and is eager for her to learn more of the larger world by exposing her to more daring literature and modern pastimes such as boxing. As Tom begins to court Jane, she finds herself increasingly attracted to this poor but keenly intelligent man, though she soon realizes her own ideas about love and marriage are sometimes at odds with the conventions of the society in which she lives. Mark Deming, Rovi
- Genre: Drama
- Category Period Film, Romantic Drama, Biopic [feature]
- Theme: Romantic Betrayal, Class Differences, Sibling Relationships, Star-Crossed Lovers, Writer's Life
- Studio: Platinum Disc, Llc
- Run Time: 02 hr
- Language: Spanish, English
- Subtitle Language: Spanish, French
- Picture Format: widescreen
- Format: Blu-ray
- Release Date: November 1, 2011
- Lead Actor: Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Julie Walters, James Cromwell, Maggie Smith
- Supporting Actor: Anna Maxwell Martin, Lucy Cohu, Laurence Fox, Ian Richardson, Joe Anderson, Leo Bill, Jessica Ashworth, Eleanor Methven, Michael James Ford, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Elaine Murphy, Guy Carleton, Russell Smith, Philip Culhane, Helen McCrory, Louise Marie Kerr, Sophie Vavasseur, Gina Costigan, Chris McHallem, Don Doherty, Tara Nixon O'Neill, Tom Maguire, Lynda Lee, Donal O'Farrell
- Director: Julian Jarrold
