Hess and Hale Bringing Us Austenland – To The Titillating Edge And Back Again

I got to see Austenland – a movie about a desperate non-wife who gambles her life's savings on an expensive vacation to a Jane Austen-themed manor (in England) for some LARPing. It was fairly predictable, but clever, witty, and loaded with enough sexual innuendo to titillate the mostly female LDS audience without sending them prematurely running for the doors and then home for a cold shower. And, why not? Not only were the tickets worth the price, but the movie seemed to promise a whole night of romantically torrid dreams, requiring no need for any confession to the bishop in the morning.

Loren M. Lambert © September 7, 2013