You won't be disappointed!

Truly Dreadful Film

Good start, but then it gets ruined

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

I watched episode one. I'm not going to put myself through another episode. It was awful. Most Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice spin- offs that I have encountered have been pretty bad, but this one is quite terrible. The concept for the show is good, putting a modern day character into Austen's setting for Pride and Prejudice. Indeed, the cast of Austen's characters in this film were quite good, and I would watch it for them if I could stand the main character. But the modern day girl, Amanda, comes across as cheap and slutty. As a main character, I HATE her. If reading Austen is all about going back to a chivalrous time with great drama and romance, the main character Amanda entering this world just reminds the viewer of everything that your average Austen fan is trying to escape. It is an insult. The only reason this film got 7.5 stars is because there are some serious Austen Pride and Prejudice junkies out there who go about giving good reviews to anything that has Mr. Darcy in it.

Londoner Amanda Price (Jemima Rooper) is a fanatic for Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. She reads it over and over again. The modern world is unsatisfying. Her uncouth boyfriend drunkenly proposes to her. Elizabeth Bennet walks through a hidden door traveling from the Austen literary world into Amanda's bathroom. At the second time, Amanda walks through the door while Elizabeth stays behind and the door gets locked. Amanda pretends to be Elizabeth's friend as the story of Pride and Prejudice unfolds. The story goes wrong and Amanda struggles to set things right.Jemima Rooper is a great brassy fish out of water. She's a terrific comedic actress. I don't think this is only for fans of Pride and Prejudice. Although a passing knowledge of the characters would be helpful. A deep fandom may actually hinder enjoyment because this is more like an alternate universe. It's great to have a Hex reunion with Christina Cole. I would have liked to have Elizabeth stay in the entire story especially if she's played by Gemma Arterton. This is a fun romp for fans of all kinds.

It bothers me that someone thought they could improve on this story, and what came out was "Lost in Austen". I probably wouldn't be too upset if Darcy ended up with someone other than Elizabeth Bennett, as long as that woman were someone we liked just as much.The protagonist in this, Amanda Price, is pretty awful. She leaves a perfectly nice boyfriend back home to go running after Darcy, and then spends like 2 hours trying to pretend she DOESN'T like Darcy, but not before she makes out with Bingley, gets engaged to Collins, and pretty much ruins Jane and Charlotte's lives.OK, so she likes to get drunk, and maybe she's a little slutty. This would be fine if she directed it at Wickham, who actually likes sluts, but instead she refuses Wickham, messes around in everybody else's business and does more harm than good. You find yourself siding with the "villains" (Mrs. Bennett, Caroline Bingley, Lady Catherine) because it's completely reasonable that they should want Miss Price out of their lives and away from their men.Finally, she's able to almost (ALMOST) put things right and convince Lady Catherine to annul Jane's marriage to Mr. Collins. This is dependent on Amanda leaving their world forever. But, in the end, even though her modern boyfriend still seems pretty nice and even seems willing to forgive the fact that Amanda's been running around kissing other dudes and getting engaged to everything that breathes, Amanda decides to stay in the book world so she can marry Darcy (destroying his reputation and maybe his inheritance) and we're left wondering what that means for poor Jane. There's no way of knowing whether poor Charlotte is happy in Africa, or whether she'll return, but there's no reason she should, since in this version, Elizabeth Bennett totally abandons her friends and family in favor of jeans and cellphones.Then there's the silly way that characters just accept what's happening. Amanda shows a little disbelief, but apparently, no one else questions that Elizabeth Bennett, the FICTIONAL CHARACTER, has stepped out of some girl's shower and is walking around in the flesh. Amanda's boyfriend, and a girl named (of all things) Piranha, seem to go about the business of integrating Miss Bennett into 21st century life without batting an eye.On the other side, the way Amanda covers up being from the future is nothing short of ridiculous (supposed to funny?) and later in the show, Wickham randomly helps her hide her lies about where she's from, and they make up some stories about rich acquaintances in France. Everybody just kind of goes along with whatever bogus explanations Amanda provide, even though you'd think she would immediately get kicked out. It's like if you tried to sneak into the White House by saying you had a dozen roses for the First Lady, and they just waved you on in. I do understand that, in a show about people getting sucked into fictional worlds, we can't really complain about things being hard to believe, but it grinds my gears.All in all, a waste of three to four hours.

I found Lost in Austen just terrible. It made a mockery of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, which is one of my favorite books. I truly believe Jane would cry tears of anguish if she watched this. Any true fan of Jane Austen would absolutely HATE this mini series!!! If I had not read the book or watched the movie I probably would have liked it but that is not the case. I apologize if you feel differently but I just had to share my opinion. I had such high hopes for this mini series but was sadly disappointed. I don't want others to make the same mistake I did in watching this. But if you have not read Pride and Prejudice or you did not like it for some reason then you may like this.