Daisy Edgar-Jones Anchors New Sense and Sensibility, 1995 Classic Gets a Sober Rework
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Updated · The Guardian · Sep 21
Daisy Edgar-Jones Anchors New Sense and Sensibility, 1995 Classic Gets a Sober Rework
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Sep 21
Summary
Daisy Edgar-Jones leads a cooler, more austere "Sense and Sensibility" adaptation that swaps the 1995 film’s warmth for a cloudier, more ruminative tone and drops the sugar-rush wedding payoff.
Georgia Oakley’s direction and Diana Reid’s script sharpen the story’s financial stakes, especially Mrs Dashwood’s insistence on leaving Sussex to avoid making Elinor look like a gold-digger.
Fiona Shaw stands out as a livelier, expanded Mrs Jennings, while George MacKay’s restrained Edward Ferrars fits the film’s sober mood better than Herbert Nordrum’s heavily bearded Colonel Brandon.
The young cast and some gender-bending choices push the Austen story toward reinvention, though the review says the film looks and sounds polished even as some emotional sensibility goes missing.