Becoming Jane

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Drama

Maybe I'm just a fan of period movies, biopics, Anne Hathaway, and unusually handsome men. Or maybe the movie really is good.

"Becoming Jane" is a movie about the life of Jane Austen and how her own journe through life influenced the books she wrote.

The movie site says:
"Jane Austen lit up the world with her words, wit, and wisdom. But her life was too stoked by passion and romance. At the age of tweny she met and fell in love with Tom Lefroy and their relationship sparks a tale as real and romantic as her greatest work."

Jane Austen was born poor in 18th century England and she discovered her knack for writing early on in her life. As in the early society, young ladies would be presented before society and theywould be "up for grabs" for any rich man who would desire. Jane was one fof those young women, but she was one who believed in marrying for love and not money.

Tom Lefroy was a young man from a poor family. He was living in Ireland with his uncle (who was a judge) to train as a lawyer. He met and fell in love with Jane when he went to England with he brother. They were a perfect match, intellectually, physically, and emotionally. However, it was not a match made in heaven because he was poor, she was poor, and they needed money to live.

Perhaps one of the movie's most memorable lines came from Jane Austen's mother:
"Affection is desirable. Money is absolutely indispensable."
How very, very true. In the end, Lefroy and Jane didn't end up together because Jane found out that Lefroy was still supporting his parents and his siblings. Although she loved him immensely, even getting to a point when she was willing to elope with him, she realized it would be very selfish of her to "steal" Lefroy from his family. So Jane ends up never marrying.

I'm a romantic, and this movie quite satisfied my appetite for romance. The chemistry between Anne Hathaway and James McAvoy was undeniable, and the entire movie showcased a side of Anne that we are used to seeing but, at the same time, have never seen before. If you loved her in the Princess Diaries, Ella Enchanted, and The Devil Wears Prada, this is another movie to love her in. Anne Hathaway captured convincingly the independence of heart and mind Jane Austen (i suppose) wanted to show.

If you remember James McAvoy from "Wanted", this movie shows him in a different light as Tom Lefroy. Far from the idealistic young man who was out killing people just because it seemed that they were required to die, the character of Tom Lefroy as the young lawyer trying to work his way up in society who falls in love with Jane Austen was one of the reasons why the movie was so real and so very romantic.

or maybe it was all just because James McAvoy looked so hot in the Englishman attire he wore for the most part of the movie. and because the way he would look at Jane would make you wish those ice blue eyes were staring at you instead.

five stars!