Emma

Another charming Jane Austen adaptation, though not as intelligent as Ang Lee's and Emma Thompson's "Sense and Sensibility". Gwyneth Paltrow plays Emma, the well-to-do daughter of a member of the lesser gentry, who is so busy playing matchmaker for others. She does not have much luck with that enterprise, as her mature friend and mentor Mr. Knightley also points out. In the end Emma is caught out by her own feelings. You hardly notice that Emma is a Hollywood production, as many of the actors are English. It is most obvious in the plot, which is not as subtle as the storyline of "Sense and Sensibility". Nevertheless, I was hugely entertained throughout the film.