Hissecret is the sort of thing that would not be a secret long in the modern age,but in Austen's time, such things were not spoken of, and Brandon might evenallow Marianne to make a disastrous marriage rather than tell her what hermaidenly ears should never hear. Brandon has suggested,almost by osmosis, that he knows something unspeakable about his rivalWilloughby.
No sooner have these men appeared when they, too,are called away to London - although not before Col. He is attracted to Marianne, but before he can act, she issmitten by the dashing Willoughby (Greg Wise), who rescues her from a mishapand charms her off her feet. Brandon, played bythat indispensable villain Alan Rickman, who is not a villain this time butseems to be, with his dark, brooding air and the speaking style of asentimental hangman.
He is charming, and definitely interested in Elinor, but asMarianne observes, "there is something wanting." Exactly what iswanting is explained later in the film, when we discover why Edward isprevented from declaring the full extent of his love.Įdwardleaves suddenly for London. Thefirst man in view is Edward ( Hugh Grant), the brother-in-law of the stingyDashwood son. The women spend many hours by the fire at their sewing, waiting foreligible men to drift into their nets, and some of the film's funniest momentshave the mother and daughters quickly composing themselves into a tableau ofdomestic bliss just in time for a man to happen upon them. The youngest, Margaret (Emile Francois), is stillat this point largely interested in tree houses, and hiding under tables in thelibrary. The middle, Marianne (KateWinslet), is in full bloom. The oldest, Elinor( Emma Thompson), is no longer in first flower. Itis now the task of the girls to find themselves husbands. The widow Dashwood ( Gemma Jones) and her girls find themselves tornfrom the life of country gentry and forced to live on this meager income in acottage generously supplied by a distant relative. There is great gossip within the women'ssphere, but with men, the conversation loops back upon itself in excruciatingeuphemisms, leaving the women to puzzle for weeks over what was or was notsaid.Īsthe story opens, the Dashwood estate passes to a stingy male heir, who providesonly a few hundred pounds a year to his father's second wife and her threedaughters. Whatgives "Sense and Sensibility" its tension and mystery is that thecharacters rarely say what they mean.
Ina modern story, the women would have demanded explanations.
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