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Article: SUBSTANCE SHINES THROUGH IN LATEST AUSTEN ENTRY, `EMMA'.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)(Review)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- August 9, 1996
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Byline: Robert Denerstein Rocky Mountain News Film Critic
Emma
Grade B+
Emma, Gwyneth Paltrow; Mr. Knightley, Jeremy Northam; Harriet Smith, Toni Collette; Mr. Elton, Alan Cumming; Mrs. Elton, Juliet Stevenson; Frank Churchill, Ewan McGregor; Jane Fairfax, Polly Walker; Miss Bates, Sophie Thompson; Mrs. Bates, Phyllida Law; Mr. Weston, James Cosmo. Written and directed by Douglas McGrath. A Miramax release. Rated PG. Opens today at Chez Artiste.
Who's it for? General audiences.
Moviegoers who thought they'd be safe from Jane Austen in 1996 must think again. Emma, yet another adaptation of an Austen novel, proves eminently ...