Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

Lose your heart and come to your senses.

Directed by Ang Lee

Produced by Columbia Pictures, Mirage Enterprises

1995136 min7.4 / 10

A graceful period romance about two sisters navigating love and financial precarity in Regency England, balancing emotional authenticity with social propriety.

The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, learn that their prospects of marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. After Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son. These circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's wife and daughters without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.

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  • Is Sense and Sensibility violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.

  • Is Sense and Sensibility scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Sense and Sensibility easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Does Sense and Sensibility end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is Sense and Sensibility sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

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