Review 1:
"...Witty and rollicking....Rickman is unexpectedly moving....Jones quietly impresses....Francois is utterly winning..."
Source: Variety
12/04/1995
Review 2:
"...Proof to any doubters of the resilience and continuing emotional power of an author who began writing 200 years ago..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.F1 12/13/1995
Review 3:
"...Inspired....Wickedly irreverent sense of visual comedy..."
Source: Premiere
pp.35-6 12/01/1995
Review 4:
"...A terrifically entertaining and incisively acted film of Jane Austen's first novel....Thompson gives a marvelous performance to match the elegant fire of her writing..."
Source: Rolling Stone
p.139 12/28/1995
Review 5:
"...Lushly engaging....Luminously brings to life Austen's vision..." -- Rating: B+
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.40 01/19/1996
Review 6:
"...Enjoyable..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.50-1 03/01/1996