Love & Friendship

"A lady never reveals her tactics."

2016 1h 34m EN

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6.1

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96%

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6.4

IMDB

★6.1TMDB · 607🍅96%Rotten Tomatoes●87Metacritic★6.4IMDB · 26,723

DramaRomanceComedy

Synopsis

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From Jane Austen’s novella, the beautiful and cunning Lady Susan Vernon visits the estate of her in-laws to wait out colorful rumors of her dalliances and to find husbands for herself and her daughter. Two young men, handsome Reginald DeCourcy and wealthy Sir James Martin, severely complicate her plans.

“A lady never reveals her tactics.”

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Cast

Kate Beckinsale
Lady Susan Vernon
Xavier Samuel
Reginald DeCourcy
Morfydd Clark
Frederica Vernon
Emma Greenwell
Catherine DeCourcy Vernon
Tom Bennett
Sir James Martin
James Fleet
Sir Reginald DeCourcy
Jemma Redgrave
Lady DeCourcy
Justin Edwards
Charles Vernon

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Whit Stillman
Writers: Jane Austen, Whit Stillman
Languages: English
Countries: Ireland, Netherlands, France

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 7.1× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Ireland, Netherlands, France.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Whit Stillman, shot by Richard Van Oosterhout. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mark Suozzo. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Sophie Corra shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Kate Beckinsale and Xavier Samuel and Morfydd Clark carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Whit Stillman directs. Richard Van Oosterhout behind the camera. Mark Suozzo scores. Sophie Corra cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Ireland, Netherlands, France. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Made its money back 7.1× over at the box office.
3Released 10 years ago.
4International production across 3 countries: Ireland, Netherlands, France.
5Directed by Whit Stillman, shot by Richard Van Oosterhout. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Mark Suozzo. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Sophie Corra shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Kate Beckinsale and Xavier Samuel and Morfydd Clark carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "A lady never reveals her tactics.".
10IMDB entry: tt3068194 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Richard Van Oosterhout
Original score: Mark Suozzo
Editing: Sophie Corra
Production design: Anna Rackard
Costume design: Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh
Makeup / hair: Lynn Johnson
Sound: Steven Ghouti
Runtime: 94 min · 1h 34m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $3,000,000
Box office: $21,401,949
Return: 713% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Love & Friendship (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes: 96% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 87/100
IMDB rating: 6.4/10 · 26,723 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

7 wins & 54 nominations

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Reno2016-09-29
★ 5/10
A mother's quest to find a perfect man for her beloved daughter! I am not the audience for it and I realised that only after watching it. There's no other way, besides, I like Kate Beckinsale a lot and don't want to miss it out. I like periodic drama, those colorful costumes, horse riding, proper English and the culture, all of them very interests me. Particularly Jane Austen's work, I don't think anybody would miss it if they know her masterworks. But my issue was the presentation. It looked a lot like a stage drama than a motion picture, anyway all the Jane Austen work is like that only. I'm not doubting the actors, in fact, not just my beauty queen Kate Beckinsale, all of them were good. Also thought the story was good which I felt kind of similar to 'Emma' by the same author, yet I'm disappointed with the way it was narrated for the screen. I know some people liked it, and my choice of words may annoy them, but I don't want to offend them or the film, just wanted to say what I felt, that's all. My bad luck, the film was not what I wanted. Slow film, but the length was good enough to forget any lags in the pace. Other than one thing what I said bothered me the most, this is a nice film, definitely not bad to watch it once. I said that believing you might be different than me. So that is an indirect suggest, but if you are another me, I'll favour you to skip it. Anyway, many would watch it by the time go on and going give their's the good, the bad and the ugly opinions and nobody can stop it. 5/10

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