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Becoming Jane

Her own life is her greatest inspiration.

7.3(1,289)20072h 0m9

Though young Jane Austen's financially strapped parents expect her to marry the nephew of wealthy Lady Gresham, Jane herself knows that such a union will destroy her creativity and sense of self-worth. Instead, she becomes involved with Tom Lefroy, a charming but penniless apprentice lawyer who gives her the knowledge of the heart she needs for her future career as a novelist.

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Status
Released
Budget
$16.5M
Box office
$39.4M
Language
English
  • future
  • new love
  • judge
  • england
  • empowerment
  • country life
  • letter
  • lovers
  • biography
  • sister
  • author
  • ireland

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United Kingdom, Ireland

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG10 Aug 2007
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG9 Mar 2007
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical12WMIX26 Aug 2008
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1115 Jun 2007
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP17 Oct 2007
    • TVTPCanal +6 Jan 2009
    • TVTPArte21 Mar 2012
    • TVTPTFX19 Apr 2026
    • TVTPCiné+ Émotion24 Sept 2026
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical63 Oct 2007
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalPG16 Mar 2007
  • ItalyIT

    • TheatricalT12 Oct 2007
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical616 Aug 2007
    • Physical6Blu ray1 Sept 2011
    • TV6Nederland 224 Dec 2012
    • Physical6DVD20 Mar 2013
  • PortugalPT

    • TheatricalM/1211 Oct 2007
  • RussiaRU

    • Theatrical2 Mar 2007
  • SlovakiaSK

    • TV12RTVS30 Sept 2013
    • Digital / OTT12VOYO23 Aug 2024

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Becoming Jane was released on 2 March 2007.

Audience reviews

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    Filipe Manuel Neto

    8/5/2023

    4/10

    **Romanticizing Jane.** Jane Austen was a nonconformist. She was the seventh child of an Anglican priest and belonged to what we might now call the middle class. She had many books at home, and both parents taught her to read and write, supported her, recognized in her the same talent we all know her now. Moreover, she was unlucky in love: it does not seem that her parents sought to marry her, it is quite plausibl…

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