Camille Rutherford plays an aspiring French writer who’s invited to a Jane Austen Residency in England. While she struggles with her creative dry spell, she meets the inevitable handsome man (Charlie Anson, who ironically was in “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”). In some ways writer/director Laura Piani has designed this film to echo Austen’s style, but the gentle, genteel approach lacks any humor or punch. There are no unique or interesting characters and the plot plays out predictably from the start without any significant emotional peaks or valleys. Fans of the famed author may enjoy the placid parallels, but anyone hoping for a sweet charmer of a romance will find this rather bland. 
(2 / 5)
