Nobley looks around the room, he seems both ill at ease nervous and even notices Jane’s life-size Darcy. With her back to the door (and assuming it’s her friend), Jane asks her if she’d like a cup of tea. Calling her friend over for tea, she begins to make the tea and there’s a knock on her door. She packs it into boxes – including her life-sized Colin Firth Mr. She clears out her bedroom of any and all Austen decorations. Upon her return to America, having learned that fiction doesn’t deliver what it promises, Jane gets busy. Off she walks away and Nobley is left with a look of hurt on his face as he watches his love walk away. Slowly, leaning in, Jane whispers in Nobley’s ear, “It doesn’t even matter anymore that you weren’t real. Henry follows her and gently taking her elbow tells her, “I never lied to you.” When they are done rolling around on the ground, Jane steps up onto a suitcase and lets her frustrations out, “Did you hear that England,” she yells, “I am officially over it!” And off she goes to make her flight. The two men get into a shoving match, and Jane attempts to get them apart without success. His attempts to convince Jane don’t end much better. Jane retorts to his promises of romance, “You’re an actor!” Henry (in full dress costume) is next on the scene trying to win back Jane – to convince her that he has fallen for her. He tells her he’s sorry and still wishes her to stay in London to spend the “night together.” His attempts to woo her with his fake charm fix nothing. Martin (the token Wickham-like character) attempts to win her back with a great speech (not of his own volition). The second is Henry Nobley, the nephew of the owner. The first, Martin is an actor hired by the owner of Austenland as a stable hand.

Checking in for her flight, Jane’s uncomplicated getaway soon turns into a disaster as her two almost-loves chase her to the airport. When she realizes this, it gives Jane a sense of self-purpose and empowerment. She’s ready to be done with her Austen infatuation after being misled over the experience she was promised at Austenland an experience that Jane poured her savings into. THE LEAD-IN:įollowing scripted romance, Jane ends her vacation with a less-then-happy experience. She is so desirous of an Austen experience that she jumps at the chance to visit an all-exclusive vacation spot called Austenland. The comedy Austenland is not really a reimagining of an Austen story so much as it is a story about a women obsessed with Jane Austen (her bedroom alone attests to that -it’s covered wall-to-wall with Austen paraphernalia) and Mr. THE CLASSIC MOMENT: Nobley hops a flight to America to see JaneĪs someone who admires Austen’s original stories as seen through the lens of BBC adaptations, I find myself just as enthralled by any contemporary interpretations of Austen’s works – no matter the form.

THE PAIRING: Jane Hayes (Keri Russell) and Mr.

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