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Movie critics combined give Mansfield Park (1999) a score of 2.8595 out of 4
based on (115) reviews
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Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 2.48 out of 4 stars for Mr. Showbiz (Kevin Maynard)Mr. Showbiz (Kevin Maynard)
"Run mad whenever you choose, but do not faint," Austen wrote in her early journals. Despite its brazen politics, Mansfield Park never goes giddily amok as promised. ...read the complete Mansfield Park movie review at Mr. Showbiz (Kevin Maynard)
Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 2.47 out of 4 stars for Tempi ModerniTempi Moderni
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Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 2.46 out of 4 stars for CinemaZone.dkCinemaZone.dk
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Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for UK Press Association (--)UK Press Association (--)
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Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
Austen purists may gag, but director Patricia Rozema has managed to crack Mansfield Park , transforming Jane Austen's problematic novel into an engaging bit of entertainment. ...read the complete Mansfield Park movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for TV Guide (Ken Fox)TV Guide (Ken Fox)
An engaging bit of entertainment. ...read the complete Mansfield Park movie review at TV Guide (Ken Fox)
Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Chicago Reader (Ronnie Scheib)Chicago Reader (Ronnie Scheib)
There's something more than a little perverse about taking one of the most timid, self-effacing heroines in English literature and turning her into a paragon of modern free-spirited womanhood. ...read the complete Mansfield Park movie review at Chicago Reader (Ronnie Scheib)
Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
It's an interesting take, and it always holds our interest, but it's finally too ham-fisted to be a completely winning one. ...read the complete Mansfield Park movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 2.33 out of 4 stars for The Boston PhoenixThe Boston Phoenix
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Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 2.16 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice MagazineBoxoffice Magazine
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Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 2.16 out of 4 stars for Box Office MagazineBox Office Magazine
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Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 2.16 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice MagazineBoxoffice Magazine
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Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 2.11 out of 4 stars for Cineclub-Filmkritik Cineclub-Filmkritik
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Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Globe and Mail (--)Globe and Mail (--)
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Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for ShowBIZ DataShowBIZ Data
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Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
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Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit News (Susan Stark)Detroit News (Susan Stark)
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Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for USA Today (Andy Seiler)USA Today (Andy Seiler)
Not since Demi Moore lived happily ever after in "The Scarlet Letter" has a filmmaker felt so free to fudge a famous plot. ...read the complete Mansfield Park movie review at USA Today (Andy Seiler)
Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Variety (Derek Elley)Variety (Derek Elley)
But there's little sense of a longer dramatic arc stretching across the characters: Rozema can't seem to hold a single tone for more than a few minutes, and she has too many other axes to grind besides just getting the story up on the screen. ...read the complete Mansfield Park movie review at Variety (Derek Elley)
Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Village Voice (Justine Elias)Village Voice (Justine Elias)
In trying so hard to entertain, ends up sabotaging itself. ...read the complete Mansfield Park movie review at Village Voice (Justine Elias)
Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for ShowBIZ Data (Lesley Jacobs)ShowBIZ Data (Lesley Jacobs)
Mansfield Park is a soap box from which Rozema seeks to lecture and enlighten us. ...read the complete Mansfield Park movie review at ShowBIZ Data (Lesley Jacobs)
Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Greg Muskewitz)eFilmCritic.com (Greg Muskewitz)
The snappy banter has lost its bite. ...read the complete Mansfield Park movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Greg Muskewitz)
Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine (--)Empire Magazine (--)
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Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
A confusing jumble of historical drama and modern social essay that only serves to cloud the whole field of Jane Austen studies. ...read the complete Mansfield Park movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
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Mansfield Park (1999) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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2.8595
Mansfield Park (1999) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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