# “Respect Rather Than Reverence”: Inside the Making of a Grittier ‘Sense and Sensibility’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/respect-rather-than-reverence-inside-the-making-of-a-grittier-sense-and-sensibility/
- Published: 2026-10-22T18:30:36+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-22T19:58:22+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hollywood Reporter
- Original article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/sense-and-sensibility-making-of-grittier-jane-austen-1236726492/
- Topics: Culture, Entertainment, Europe, Fashion, Film, World

## Key points

- The new adaptation gives Austen’s story a grounded, lived-in look.
- Reid puts the sisters’ relationship at the centre.
- Its approach sets it apart from the 1995 film.

## Summary

Georgia Oakley’s new film adaptation of Jane Austen’s *Sense and Sensibility* gives the Dashwood sisters a more grounded, moody world, with unpressed gowns, a cramped cottage and candlelit rooms. The approach marks a deliberate departure from the polished luxury of many period adaptations and offers a fresh take alongside Ang Lee’s influential 1995 film.

Screenwriter Diana Reid said she centred the story on the sisters’ relationship, treating their romances as a reward for their shared journey. She retained some of Austen’s lines, matched the novel’s cadence in new dialogue and reshaped the male characters’ ages and backstories. Costume designer Grace Snell, cinematographer Arnaud Potier and production designer Francesca Di Mottola helped realise Oakley’s coming-of-age vision; the film was released in cinemas on 16 October.

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