![]() ![]() Or, to be more precise–complaining that they have no Darcy. Ashleigh’s enthusiasm is not unlike the desire often seen in adaptations written for adults, with grown women bemoaning the fact that their lives are not like that of an Austen heroine. This means adopting the book as a manual by which to live. When Ashleigh reads Pride and Prejudice, which happens to be Julie’s favorite book, she embraces it with….well….enthusiasm. Although we are (sort of) spared a reworking of “It is a truth universally acknowledged,” Austen’s presence is immediate: protagonist Julie Lefkowitz is a self-professed “person of sense.” Her best friend, Ashleigh, is an “Enthusiast”, incapable of enjoying anything without becoming obsessed. ![]() The story of two teenage girls, best friends all their lives, who find themselves attracted to the same boy, reads like a love letter to all things JA. Polly Shulman’s romantic comedy Enthusiasm isn’t so much an adaptation, as it is a crash course on Austen themes, plot devices, and trivia. “There is little more likely to exasperate a person of sense then finding herself tied by affection and habit to an Enthusiast.” ![]()
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