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13/12/1995 Drama, Romance 2h 16m
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Lose your heart and come to your senses.

Overview

The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, learn that their prospects of marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. After Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son. These circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's wife and daughters without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.

  1. Ang Lee

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Emma Thompson

    Elinor Dashwood

  2. Kate Winslet

    Marianne Dashwood

  3. Alan Rickman

    Colonel Christopher Brandon

  4. Hugh Grant

    Edward Ferrars

  5. Gemma Jones

    Mrs. Dashwood

  6. Greg Wise

    John Willoughby

  7. Elizabeth Spriggs

    Mrs. Jennings

  8. Imogen Stubbs

    Lucy Steele

  9. Harriet Walter

    Fanny Ferrars Dashwood

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-02-08
The briefest of cameos from Tim Wilkinson informs us that due to inheritance rules, the second “Mrs. Dashwood” (Gemma Jones) and her daughters are going to be at the mercy of his son upon his demise. That fellow (James Fleet) is actually quite a kindly soul, but his rather more mercenary wife “Fanny” (Harriet Walter) reckons they can be left to get by with just their annuity of £500. With daughters “Elinor” (Emma Thompson); “Marianne” (Kate Winslet) and “Margaret” (Emilie François) to keep, that’s going to be quite a task. Luckily, widower distant cousin “Sir John” ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$16,000,000.00

Revenue
$134,582,776.00

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