They also skipped the dinner where Henry was extra kind to Catherine because he knew he’d hurt her feelings. Allen interactions of talking AT each other instead of TO each other. There were a few things I missed from the book that weren’t in the movie like Henry telling the story about the chest and the Mrs. I liked that this movie adaption went into her childhood and showed a few scenes from it. Jane Austen totally info-dumps about Catherine’s childhood and I’m always amazed at how she can pull that off without being boring. I liked Catherine coming up with that insane theory in the book for no reason whatsoever. The movie made John Thorpe seem more obviously devious and I’m not sure I was a fan of him planting the weed of something being wrong with Henry’s mother’s death. I really liked the scenes where Catherine’s imagination ran wild. I always like seeing how directors take ideas and themes in books and make them visual. There’s something about watching Jane Austen’s stories come to life that just highlights the sarcasm and wit that she has. I thought this was a great adaption of Northanger Abbey and it was a lot of fun to watch. Yay JJ Field! He plays Henry, one of the only funny Jane Austen heroes, and does it marvelously. If you love Austenland, like I did, then you need to see JJ Field in this 2007 adaption of Northanger Abbey.
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