The Jane Austen Book Club

Sep 9, 2007

1h 46m

★ 6.5

You don't have to know the books to be in the club

Overview

Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen. As they delve into Austen's literature, the club members find themselves dealing with life experiences that parallel the themes of the books they are reading.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Mockingbird Pictures

John Calley Productions

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Cast

Bernadette

Kathy Baker

Jocelyn

Maria Bello

Prudie

Emily Blunt

Sylvia

Amy Brenneman

Grigg

Hugh Dancy

Allegra

Maggie Grace

Sky

Lynn Redgrave

Daniel

Jimmy Smits

Dean

Marc Blucas

Trey

Kevin Zegers

Corinne

Parisa Fitz-Henley

Dr. Samantha Yep

Gwendoline Yeo

After World War II, Antonia and her daughter, Danielle, go back to their Dutch hometown, where Antonia's late mother has bestowed a small farm upon her. There, Antonia settles down and joins a tightly-knit but unusual community. Those around her include quirky friend Crooked Finger, would-be suitor Bas and, eventually for Antonia, a granddaughter and great-granddaughter who help create a strong family of empowered women.

7.7

Brief Encounter

Nov 24, 1945

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.

6.7

Sleepless in Seattle

Jun 24, 1993

After the death of his mother, a young boy calls a radio station in an attempt to set his father up on a date. Across the country, an engaged woman becomes convinced that they belong together, despite their never having met. Will their paths collide despite the odds?

0.0

The Doodle

Jun 13, 2025

When single parents (and total strangers) Nick and Angie are called into the principal’s office to deal with their kids’ bad behaviour, sparks fly - and not in a good way. But when the pair are forced to attend a ‘progressive’ (read: ‘bullshit’) parenting workshop, an unlikely bond is formed.

6.5

The Pride of the Firm

Apr 30, 1914

Der Stolz der Firma, meaning The Pride of the Business, is a classic German silent film from 1914. The film tells the story of a shrewd apprentice and is filmed in the comical style of director Lubitsch. This is one of the few Lubitsch films from World War I that wasn’t lost.

7.2

2046

Sep 29, 2004

Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.

7.8

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Apr 28, 1948

A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember. As she tells the story of her lifelong love for him, he is forced to reinterpret his own past.

6.1

Kindergarten Cop

Dec 21, 1990

Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous moppets whose antics try his patience and test his mettle, Kimble may have met his match … in more ways than one.

8.1

In the Mood for Love

Sep 29, 2000

In 1960s Hong Kong, two neighbors form an intimate bond after making a discovery about their spouses in this visually stunning tale of unrequited love.

7.3

Kolya

May 15, 1996

After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However, it’s not long before the communication barrier is broken between the two new family members.

7.2

Mrs. Doubtfire

Nov 24, 1993

Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the job -- disguised as a British nanny. Soon he becomes not only his children's best pal but the kind of parent he should have been from the start.

7.9

Annaluise & Anton

Aug 26, 1953

Despite their social differences Luise, called Pünktchen, a girl from rich parentage befriends Anton, a boy who has to earn his own money in order to afford life for his sick mother and himself. Together they undergo different adventures, even preventing a theft in Pünktchens home

7.2

Annaluise & Anton

Mar 11, 1999

Luise, called Pünktchen, and Anton are closest of friends. Being the daughter of a wealthy surgeon, young Pünktchen lives in a great house. Her mother, who always travels through the world more for public relation reasons than for the social tasks she pretends to fulfill, is never available to her as a mother. Anton, son of a single and sick mother in financial trouble, does his best to help her out of it by working late. Pünktchen decides to help her only friend (as nobody else would anyway) and starts singing in public places. Trouble arises when Anton can't resist stealing a golden lighter and Pünktchen's secret life is discovered by her parents. Two troubled families finally can see the need for actions to be taken.

4.6

Country Love

Jan 1, 1972

A neglected and frustrated wife looks for satisfaction outside her marriage and gets involved with a group of hippies.

6.2

A Dash of Love

Feb 11, 2017

A young woman who dreams of opening her own restaurant lands a job at a prominent restaurant whose head chef becomes her unlikely ally when the restaurant's unscrupulous owner, a Master Chef herself, plots to return the place to its former glory by presenting her new assistant's recipes as her own.

6.3

Blockers

Mar 14, 2018

When three parents discover that each of their daughters have a pact to lose their virginity at prom, they launch a covert one-night operation to stop the teens from sealing the deal.

8.0

Year by the Sea

Apr 16, 2016

Hoping to reclaim who she was before marriage and children, an empty nester retreats to Cape Cod where she embarks upon a quest to set herself free.

6.1

Suck Me Shakespeer 3

Oct 26, 2017

A bank robber becomes a teacher after being released from prison and finds himself at the center of a number of crazy adventures.