Love & Friendship's reviews
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The Telegraph
t?s flat-out hilarious ? find me a funnier screen stab at Austen, and I?m tempted to offer your money back personally. Gliding through its compact 92 minutes with alert photography and not a single scene wasted, it?s also Stillman on the form of his life.
The Wrap
Kate Beckinsale and Chloe Sevigny spin intrigues, break hearts and flirt with scandal just as effectively in the 1790s setting of ?Love? as they did in ?Disco,? which took place in the early 1980s.
Variety
[Stillman] takes the inherent sophistication of Austen?s worldview and introduces just the right note of sly, self-deflating mockery.
Rolling Stone
I can't think of a more wickedly modern romantic comedy.
The Guardian
Despite its period trappings, Stillman's film never feels stilted, largely thanks to his bracingly modern heroine who takes no prisoners, and makes no apologies for her conniving behavior.
Vulture
Only the generic title disappoints. Leo Rockas, who turned Lady Susan?s epistles into an Austen-esque novel, suggests Flirtation and Forbearance or Coquetry and Caution. But by any title this is a treat.
The Hollywood Reporter
Cheeky in its approach as well as spirited and good-natured, this enterprising adaptation of the author?s relatively unfamiliar early novella Lady Susan remains buoyant through most of its short running time but lacks the stirring emotional hooks found in the best Austen works, on the page as well as the screen.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote