There is a certain etiquette and level of decorum that comes with Jane Austen adaptations.
Perhaps this is whyLove & Friendshipis so delightfully wicked.
What a mistake you made marrying him, Susan chides.
Too old to be governable, too young to die.
It is also impossible to resist laughing along.
At times, the overall effect flirts with being pure screwball in spite of its 19thcentury setting.
By contrast, Susan is never truly punished nor deserving of an iota of scorn here.
Sevigny and Bennett also excel at finding humor in characters at opposite ends of the grace and intelligence spectrums.
