Young stars and parasols lead a tart update of Jane Austen's Emma: Review
) is all serene determination, a ringleted blonde with the manners of a lady born and the tenacity of a land shark; what she wants, she gets, whether it’s a new petticoat or a land-owning husband for her pet project, the semi-orphaned Harriet .
Instead, de Wilde mostly opts to glide along on the considerable charms of her scene-setting and her young stars, and the sweet alchemy of bringing together something old and something new — as serenely breezy to the end as her beloved heroine.
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