A new film adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, directed by Georgia Oakley and starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles as the Dashwood sisters, presents a notably more austere and downbeat take on the beloved 1795 novel than the celebrated 1995 version by Ang Lee. The film follows the sisters through financial hardship and romantic entanglements as their family is forced from their Sussex estate to a cottage in Devon, distinguishing itself through a sober, thoughtful mood and the absence of a sugar-rush wedding finale.

The cast delivers mixed results: Fiona Shaw impresses as a scene-stealing Mrs Jennings, whilst the script thoughtfully emphasises Mrs Dashwood's motivations around her daughters' financial security. However, several casting choices prove problematic, particularly Herbert Nordrum as Colonel Brandon, whose unengaged performance fails to capture the romantic longing essential to the character, and the leads, whilst competent, lack the evident sisterly resemblance that defined the 1995 film. Overall, the adaptation is visually accomplished but uneven, with its boundary-pushing intentions not always successfully realised. The film releases 25 September in the UK, 15 October in Australia and 16 October in the US.