Critic Rating
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Director
Laura Piani
Cast
Camille Rutherford,
Pablo Pauly,
Charlie Anson,
Annabelle Lengronne,
Alan Fairbairn,
Alice Butaud
Genre
Comedy,
Romance
Agathe, a young Parisian author suffering from extreme writer's block, is invited to a writer's residency in England. There, she meets Oliver, who manages the residency and also happens to be a distant relative of her idol, Jane Austen. Thus begins a romantic odyssey worthy of its own Austen novel.
Los Angeles Times by Katie Walsh
There’s a salve-like quality to Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, a balm for any battered romantic’s soul. It may be utter fantasy, but it’s the kind of escape you’ll want to revisit again and again, like a favorite Austen novel.
Variety by Peter Debruge
The film is at once old-fashioned and refreshingly, realistically up to date in its take on modern courtship.
The Irish Times by Donald Clarke
The film does occasionally struggle with getting England right. We are always aware that this is a French film-maker looking through the window at the crumpets on their doilies. But there is a mischievous intelligence at work that complements the embrace of sometimes broad misunderstandings.
The Hollywood Reporter by Lovia Gyarkye
The true draw in Jane Austen Wrecked My Life is Agathe, a compelling protagonist whose passion for literature and love keeps us sufficiently engaged.
Christian Science Monitor by Peter Rainer
What rescues the movie from being mere flimsy fun is Rutherford’s performance. She gives Agathe’s waywardness a gravity, a hint of darkness.
New York Magazine (Vulture) by Bilge Ebiri
Agathe is concave in both posture and spirit, but she feels right for this muted world of amorous contemplation, of long, uncertain glances met by equally long, equally uncertain glances. By the end, romance in the abstract becomes something much more real — and we can’t help but fall for all these characters ourselves.
The New York Times by Alissa Wilkinson
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life is both pleasantly diverting and sneakily wise.
Screen Rant by Abigail Stevens
What could be a basic struggling artist's journey of self-discovery and inspiration has many nuances and idiosyncrasies, making for a thoroughly off-the-beaten-path narrative that provokes thought despite some minor loose threads.
Austin Chronicle by Kimberley Jones
Modestly scoped, sometimes sweetly dopey, and sincerely moving, Jane Austen Wrecked My Life is a charmer.
San Francisco Chronicle by Lily Janiak
The formula persists two centuries after Austen perfected it because it’s aspirational and satisfying at the same time: We want it to wreck our own lives, too. It’s durable precisely because it’s pliable, offering storytellers a template in which to explore their own era’s mores and ideals, questions and anxieties.
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