Sense and Sensibility 2026

Mrs maytrees and I ventured to the Wimbledon Curzon cinema this week to view the new film Sense and Sensibility

The Wimbledon Curzon is on the third floor but worth the effort of the journey there as the seats are comfortable, the screens  in the three  small auditoria well laid out and the cafe welcoming.

The film itself has received mixed reviews with for example only two stars in yesterdays Times newspaper. However The Times often has poor reviews with which I disagree and this was one of them. Time Out on the other had gives the film four stars with a recommended viewing comment

Mrs maytrees and I very much enjoyed the film which has been updated for 2026 viewing but without spoiling Jane Austen's story.  The Dashwood sisters are frequently out and about without wearing hats despite the above. This lack of hats contrasts with the older but also enjoyable Jane Austen Northanger Abbey film which is available on the BBC iPlayer,

The Spectator magazine also gives a poorish review by for example stating:

...It’s not your regular colourful period drama, packed with gorgeous gowns. This has a naturalistic, dirt-under-the-fingernails, desaturated look with only the one pop of colour. (A red sash at a ball.) It gives it an earthy realism – free-spirited Marianne, with her unbrushed hair, often appears almost feral – but also drains it of any joy or vividness. Additionally, it plays fast and loose with the social customs of the time. Women appear with their hair down in public, for example, which would have been wholly unacceptable, and while one doesn’t wish to get hung up on such detail, it does feel like a betrayal of the period. Context, in these instances, can be as much part of the story as the story itself...

We nonetheless enjoyed the film as well as a late lunch afterwards in the nearby Pret cafe, arriving after after the office lunch crowd had abated somewhat.