While there, the intelligent, flirtatious, and amusingly egotistical Lady Vernon decides to secure a husband for herself and her rather reluctant. Reuniting with Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny from The Last Days of Disco, he’s also assembled a fabulous supporting cast rich in colour and gravitas, including Stephen Fry, Jemma Redgrave, Justin Edwards and James Fleet. Love & Friendship is an adaptation of Jane Austen's novella Lady Susan in which a beautiful young widow Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale) visits her in-laws’ estate while waiting for social chatter about her personal indiscretions to pass. The doyen of US indie comedy Stillman finds himself utterly at home in the environs of English period fiction, revelling in the wit and artistry of Austen’s dialogue and proving that his stable of New York sophisticates have a clear antecedent in 18th-century high-society. After a long sojourn in leather vampire catsuits, Beckinsale acts up an awards-worthy storm as the amusingly horrid Susan ('these fees are much too high to even think of paying', she sneers at a presented bill).Whit Stillman crosses the Atlantic for this irresistible adaptation of Jane Austen’s unheralded novella Lady Susan, following the delicious and devious exploits of Susan (Kate Beckinsale) as she schemes her way through England’s aristocratic circles.Įnsconced at her in-laws manor with the ostensible plan of securing a suitor for her daughter, Susan soon schemes her way into the heart of the young, handsome Reginald DeCourcy (Xavier Samuel), while ensuring the rich but extremely silly Sir James Martin (Tom Bennett) isn’t left entirely out of the picture. High society comedy-romance is only bearable if real viciousness is stirred into the mix of posh accents, lovely costumes and Great British character acting.Īs Susan and her American sidekick Alicia Johnson – perpetually in terror that a disapproving spoilsport husband (Stephen Fry – 'too old to control, too young to die') will ship her off to New England – Stillman gets super turns from Last Days Of Disco veterans Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny. When Rajs family move to England to get involved in an internet business, Raj promises Tina that he will keep in touch with her and that their friendship will always be.

Raj has always had a unrequited childhood crush on a friend named Tina, but Tinas best friend Pooja has always had a crush on Raj. An intricate plot is peppered with laugh-out-loud cynical throwaways and a degree of suspense as the wicked, self-involved, peculiarly admirable antiheroine tries to get her way. Mujhse Dosti Karoge Full Movie Watch Online. Just as Clueless translated Austen into teen movie mode, this superimposes Stillman onto the 18th century.

High society comedy-romance is only bearable if real viciousness is stirred in.

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