Emma

Gwyneth Paltrow stars as a young woman who plays matchmaker for her unsuspecting friends in this adaptation of the Jane Austen novel., Adaptation of the Jane Austen classic about a privileged young woman’s misguided attempts at matchmaking. Wealthy and charming Emma Woodhouse is convinced she knows what is best for everyone’s love life. Having never been in love herself, she is naive about matters of the heart and is gently guided by the patient Mr Knightley, a family friend whom she regards as a brother. But when Emma falls for a newcomer to the village, the eligible bachelor Mr Churchill, she fails to recognise that her own true love may have been right before her eyes all along. Dir: Douglas McGrath., Director: Douglas McGrath. In rural 1800s England things go bad for a young matchmaker after she finds a man for another woman., A spoiled, clever English society woman plays matchmaker to everyone she knows in this adaptation of the 1816 Jane Austen novel. Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam, Toni Collette, Greta Scacchi., Adaptation of the Jane Austen classic about a privileged young woman’s misguided attempts at matchmaking. Wealthy and charming Emma Woodhouse is convinced she knows what is best for everyone’s love life. Having never been in love herself, she is naive about matters of the heart and is gently guided by the patient Mr Knightley, a family friend whom she regards as a brother. But when Emma falls for a newcomer to the village, the eligible bachelor Mr Churchill, she fails to recognise that her own true love may have been right before her eyes all along., Based on a comic novel by 19th century author Jane Austen’s , this medium-budget romance features charming, sprightly humor chronicles the painful lessons learned by a well-meaning, over-confident upper class young woman who honestly believes she has the power to find a proper mate for anyone. Miss Emma Woodhouse is beautiful, bright and a bit of a know-it-all.. Living on a beautiful country estate with her daft father, she prides herself on her ability to repair broken hearts and to help others find romantic bliss. She would use many words to describe herself, but meddlesome busybody, are not among them. Still that is exactly what she is. Her latest venture is to find a proper husband for lovely Harriet Smith, a woman of undistinguished breeding. With all the subtly of a run-away cart Emma begins trying to fix poor Harriet, who is actually in love with a kindly young farmer, up with the dubious Reverend Elton, who secretly loves the unaware Emma. Somehow, Emma gets her scheme working with Swiss-watch precision until dashing, loquacious Frank Churchill and taciturn, exotic Jane Fairfax show up to throw a spanner in her carefully orchestrated works. Things become quite tangled until the handsome family friend, Mr. Knightly gives Emma a serious heart-to-heart chat., Emma Woodhouse is a young woman who plays matchmaker for her unsuspecting friends in this adaptation of the Jane Austen novel, Pretty, clever, and just a little self-satisfied, Emma Woodhouse lives in style with her widowed father in the small town of Highbury, England. When her beloved governess, friend and confidante leaves to marry their neighbor, Emma is faced with a great gap in her life – and a great dilemma; how to help others lead a life as perfect as her own., Emma Woodhouse has a rigid sense of propriety as regards matrimonial alliances. Unfortunately she insists on matchmaking for her less forceful friend, Harriet, and so causes her to come to grief. Through the sharp words of Mr. Knightley, and the example of the opinionated Mrs. Elton, someone not unlike herself, Emma’s attitudes begin to soften…, Handsome adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic about a rich young woman whose meddlesome attempts at matchmaking are disastrous., Adaptation of the Jane Austen classic about a privileged young woman’s misguided attempts at matchmaking. Emma Woodhouse is a pretty and clever woman but, having never been in love herself, is naive about matters of the heart. So when she takes under her wing the rather plain Harriet, her efforts – despite her best intentions – are doomed to failure. Will she heed the warnings before Harriet’s heart is broken? Starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam, Ewan McGregor, Toni Collette, Alan Cumming, Greta Scacchi.