“Jane Austen Book Club,” review by Maitland McDonagh

September 21, 2007 Maitland McDonagh

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Robin Swicord’s directing debut is the very definition of the term “chick flick.” But fine performances and smooth direction whip it into the cream of a frothy genre, a light diversion that touches on dark topics without trivializing them and never insults the viewer’s intelligence. Read more

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Maitland McDonagh

Formerly TVGuide.com's senior movies editor/reviewer, Maitland McDonagh now has her own site, Miss FlickChick.com, and freelances for Film Comment, Time Out NY and other publications. She has written four books -- Broken Mirrors Broken Minds: The Dark Dreams of Dario Argento, Filmmaking on the Fringe, The 50 Most Erotic Films of All Time and Movie Lust -- and contributed to many others, including Film Out of Bounds, Fantasy Females, The Last Great American Picture Show and Exile Cinema. Read McDonagh's recent artilces below. For her Women On Film archive, type "Maitland McDonagh" into the Search Box (upper right corner of screen).