I'm officially a Jane Austen addict.

Mansfield Park FINALLY the idiot who stole it from Blockbuster returned it so that I could then steal it :-)

First off let me just state that this is supposedly Jane Austen's favorite of all her books. While I have the book still on my reading list I must say I was a little underwhelmed having just read Pride & Prejudice and falling deep into the rabbit hole that is loving Mr. Darcy. That being said the most recent movie adaptation of Pride and Prejudice was heavily altered and embellished from the actual text making me angry at motion pictures for ruining the essence of the piece. Perhaps that would make this adaptation of Mansfield Park superb if it keeps better to the actual text....but if not then it was just a lot more drawn out and boring.
Once again we see Austen's heroine Fanny Price (lets just pause for a quick chuckle at name choice) a poor poor women who falls in love with someone above her rank. That being bad enough the bad boy of the film, higher up in $ and status then than her true love falls for her and proposes just as her true love proposes to someone else. What is a poor girl to do?
Despite not having the quick tongue and wit of other Austen leading ladies I didn't care for the way the director made Fanny speak to us in the camera....it made it too modern for a period drama and at times awkward. That being said this is far funnier than other Austen adaptations but less dramatically romantic then say Emma or P&P. Still a solid piece and as always a great story basis from the incredible Ms. Austen.