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Mansfield Park (1999) Rank 3 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Mansfield Park (1999) a score of 2.8595 out of 4
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Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 3.32 out of 4 stars for Portland Oregonian (Diana Abu-Jaber)Portland Oregonian (Diana Abu-Jaber)
Piquant, playful, and, in many ways, just as appealing as blockbusters such as "Pride and ...read the complete Mansfield Park movie review at Portland Oregonian (Diana Abu-Jaber)
Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 3.32 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
The Australian actress Frances O'Connor is a true find. She's as beautiful as the young Barbara Hershey, with a stare that's pensive yet playful, and she puts us in touch with the quiet battle of emotions in Fanny. ...read the complete Mansfield Park movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (Stephen Holden)The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Ms. Rozema has made a film whose satiric bite is sharper than that of the usual high-toned romantic costume drama. ...read the complete Mansfield Park movie review at The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Stephen Holden)New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Ms. Rozema has made a film whose satiric bite is sharper than that of the usual high-toned romantic costume drama. ...read the complete Mansfield Park movie review at New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Curtis Morgan)Miami Herald (Curtis Morgan)
The latest and loosest -- in the saucy sense of the word as well -- adaptation of (Austen's) sly comedies of uppercrust manners. ...read the complete Mansfield Park movie review at Miami Herald (Curtis Morgan)
Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Jay Carr)Boston Globe (Jay Carr)
Stylish and arrives at a satisfying cumulative weight, even if it isn't Austen pure. ...read the complete Mansfield Park movie review at Boston Globe (Jay Carr)
Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)
O'Connor plays Fanny with an appealingly direct, unflinching gaze. ...read the complete Mansfield Park movie review at New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)
Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Examiner (Walter Addiego)San Francisco Examiner (Walter Addiego)
What's on the screen may not be a letter-perfect Mansfield Park, but something true to its spirit. ...read the complete Mansfield Park movie review at San Francisco Examiner (Walter Addiego)
Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Why should we keep seeing Austen fresh, through our own, modern eyes? Because she's a writer who has never really left our field of vision. And, as this new Mansfield Park proves again, she never will. ...read the complete Mansfield Park movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Mansfield Park has always been viewed as Jane Austen's most confounding novel. Scholars are divided over its literary merit, and many Austen-philes prefer to ignore its existence altogether, seeing it as a kind of "black sheep" in the author's catalog of ...read the complete Mansfield Park movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Film.com (Robert Horton)Film.com (Robert Horton)
Quick and funny, and a refreshing break from period-film stuffiness. ...read the complete Mansfield Park movie review at Film.com (Robert Horton)
Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for LA Weekly (Hazel-Dawn Dumpert)LA Weekly (Hazel-Dawn Dumpert)
Rozema seems determined to defrill the Austen trend and charge it with a fiercer sort of femininity. ...read the complete Mansfield Park movie review at LA Weekly (Hazel-Dawn Dumpert)
Mansfield Park (1999) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Film.com (Ernest Hardy)Film.com (Ernest Hardy)
Although Mansfield Park is an enjoyable film, you can't help but wish that it were as brave, feisty and unconventional as it keeps telling us its heroine is. ...read the complete Mansfield Park movie review at Film.com (Ernest Hardy)
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Mansfield Park (1999) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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Mansfield Park (1999) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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