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  2. thecinemaholic.com › emma-true-storyEmma: Is the Movie Inspired by a True Story or a Book?

    Aug 1, 2022 · While Austen’s Emma is certainly not based on a true story, it heavily influenced by the times she was living in. She is known for her domestic realism, which can be seen at its finest in the novel.

  3. www.cinemablend.com › news › 2491739How Emma Exists Alongside Clueless, According To The Director

    Mar 11, 2020 · She is literally like a Jane Austen expert. Because she understands the story of Emma so completely, she was able to take the human relationship truths in that story and translate it to high...

  4. slate.com › culture › 2020How the New Emma Movie Departs From Jane Austen’s Novel

    Feb 20, 2020 · By Marissa Martinelli. Feb 20, 20205:31 PM. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Focus Features and Dover Thrift Editions. Eleanor Catton, the Booker Prize-winning author behind the new...

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  5. screenrant.com › emma-movies-adaptations-rankedEvery Emma Movie Adaptation Ranked From Worst To Best ...

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    Directed By Rajshree Ojha

    Definitely the least well-known Emma movie adaptation, at least among English-speaking audiences, is 2010's Aisha, a Bollywood production. Aisha is a bit of a strange animal when it comes to Emma movies, as it's actually not an adaptation of Austen's story in the more direct sense of that word. Instead, Aisha is basically an Indian remake of Clueless, and sports very close similarities to that 1995 western hit. The central character, a young woman named Aisha Kapoor (played by Sonam Kapoor),...

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    Directed By Douglas McGrath

    Douglas McGrath's Emma (1996) is visual eye candy and one of the most romanticized and syrupy versions of Austen's novel. The film's idyllic setting, detailed set design, and sumptuous visuals ante up the romance while the cast prances about the lush estates of Hartfield, Randalls, and Donwell Abbey in their period finery. With rosebud cheeks and the smug self-assurance worthy of the actress, model, and lifestyle maven herself, Gwyneth Paltrow delivers one of her best performances as a saccha...

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    Directed By Amy Heckerling Amy Heckerling's 1995 cult-classic Clueless is a brilliant contemporary adaptation of Emma that reignites the novel's cultural relevance by giving the story and heroine a 20th-century makeover — exposing a new generation to Austen's literary work while simultaneously upgrading teenage lexicons with words like "whatever," ...

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  6. www.vox.com › culture › 2020/2/20Emma review: A perfect blend of Jane Austen’s satire and ...

    Feb 20, 2020 · The 2020 Emma follows the same story as Austen’s novel. Emma Woodhouse (Taylor-Joy) is 20 and lives with her doddering, hypochondriac father (Bill Nighy) in a genteel estate named Hartfield,...

  7. lithub.com › actually-emma-is-the-best-jane-austenActually, Emma is the Best Jane Austen Novel ‹ Literary Hub

    Dec 23, 2015 · Jane Austen’s Emma, which came out 200 years ago today, may not be as popular with audiences as Pride and Prejudice, but it’s become the novel that critics consider her masterpiece.

  8. time.com › 5788138How the New Emma Movie Updates The Book's Love Story | TIME

    Feb 24, 2020 · Emma — like all of the author’s best-known books — is a comedy about love, a Shakespearean maze of relationships and miscommunications that, in the end, get tied up neatly with velvet ribbons.