- Status: Completed
- Score: 7.6/10
- Director: Ang Lee
- Country: EnglishFrench
- Year: 1995
- Duration: 136 min
- Genres: Drama,Romance,
- Production:
Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The two eldest daughters are the title opposites.
When Mr. Dashwood (Tom Wilkinson) dies, he must leave the bulk of his estate to the son by his first marriage, which leaves his second wife and their three daughters Elinor (Dame Emma Thompson), Marianne (Kate Winslet), and Margaret (Emilie François), in straitened circumstances. They are taken in by a kindly cousin, but their lack of fortune affects the marriageability of practical Elinor and romantic Marianne. When Elinor forms an attachment for the wealthy Edward Ferrars (Hugh Grant), his family disapproves and separates them. And though Mrs. Jennings (Elizabeth Spriggs) tries to match the worthy (and rich) Colonel Brandon (Alan Rickman) to her, Marianne finds the dashing and fiery John Willoughby (Greg Wise) more to her taste. Both relationships are sorely tried.
James Fleet, Harriet Walter, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Elizabeth Spriggs, Ian Brimble, Alan Rickman, Alexander John, Tom Wilkinson, Kate Winslet, Gemma Jones, Emilie François, Robert Hardy, Isabelle Amyes, Greg Wise,
