Love & Friendship
2016 · Movie · PG-13 · 94 min · ★ 6.1 · 92% critics
A charming, sharp-tongued widow retreats to her in-laws’ country estate to escape scandal and secure a comfortable future. As she schemes to arrange advantageous matches for herself and her daughter, two very different suitors arrive and turn her careful plans into a lively tangle of gossip, manners, and romantic maneuvering.
Based on Lady Susan
Also known as Lady Susan · Love and Friendship · Amour et amitié
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Details
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-05-26
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 92/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (592 votes)
- Box office
- $21,200,000
- Budget
- $3,000,000
About
If you enjoy clever, dialogue-heavy period comedies about social games and matchmaking, this should land well; Not for you if you dislike dense old-fashioned language, a slow pace, or keeping track of many characters like in The Last Days of Disco.
Pros: witty, laugh-out-loud dialogue; charming period atmosphere; standout comedic turns | Cons: talky and dense; hard to follow names; slow middle stretch
Themes
- friendship
- based on novel or book
- 18th century
Awards & recognition
- IFFR audience award · 2016 · nominated
Cast & crew
Kate Beckinsale
as Lady Susan Vernon
Xavier Samuel
as Reginald DeCourcy
Morfydd Clark
as Frederica Vernon
Emma Greenwell
as Catherine DeCourcy Vernon
Tom Bennett
as Sir James Martin
James Fleet
as Sir Reginald DeCourcy
Jemma Redgrave
as Lady DeCourcy
Justin Edwards
as Charles Vernon
Stephen Fry
as Mr. Johnson
Chloë Sevigny
as Alicia Johnson
Directed by Whit Stillman