This would have to be one of my favorite movies. Emma Thompson is wonderful as the wooden Elenor. You feel her repressed passion and love throughout the film. Kate Winslet is perfectly cast as the romantic, impulsive Maryanne. She absolutely shines in my mind. From the very start you are taken on a journey to a time when women had only their charms and beauty to secure their financial happiness and lively-hood. It is a story of two sisters, one who understands the way of the world and one who dreams of love, and passion. Hugh Grant plays the predictable bumbling English man as he does in all his movies, but to my mind the standout performance was the amazing Alan Rickman(Colonel Brandon). He delivers as the staid sombre Colonel with a huge heart. This is definitely one to see with the girls, it will make you dream of a time gone where men held women in awe and an innocent mind was a virtue.