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'Sense and Sensibility' review calls Austen romance gloomy

The New York Post reviewed the latest screen version of Jane Austen's classic romance and found its mood heavier than expected; the Post still finished the film.

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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe New York Post reviewed the new Sense and Sensibility tonight, and calls the Jane Austen romance weirdly gloomy and depressing.

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIt's a love story with bonnets, a country estate and a lot of rain, which sounds like my kind of cozy night in.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Post says it's just what people go to Jane Austen for, depression, and I have never felt so personally accused by a review.

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAccused of what?

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOf loving candlelight and heartbreak in the same evening! I thought we were all in this together.

  6. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWell, I think a gloomy Austen adaptation is exactly what you need when you want to feel emotions about someone in a ballroom while eating ice cream.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Drama Index gave it a seven out of ten, and honestly, that's one point per melancholy hat.

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