The director of "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life" was inspired by Austen's ability to be both entertaining and deep.

Laura Piani’s ode to a beloved author delivers on its promise of gentility, gracious settings and mostly frictionless romance ...

Written and directed by Laura Piani, Jane Austen Wrecked My Life stars Camille Rutherford as Agathe Robinson, a French ...

Camille Rutherford plays a French bookseller who gets the opportunity of a lifetime to attend a writing residency named after ...

She can’t stand him. It’s perfect. “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” is the kind of warm romance that will make any bookish ...

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” which opens at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center on Friday, May 30, is not a period piece. It ...

Laura Piani's amiable new romance is weighed down by all its allusions and borrowings — and ultimately fails to deliver on ...

Take Laura Piani’s “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life.” The opening title cards look extremely familiar. They use the Windsor Light ...

Jane Austen's birth. The renowned English novelist, primarily known for six books, still has legions of fans around the world. A new movie celebrates her work: "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life." ...

Besides Shakespeare, no author may haunt the screen more than Jane Austen. Her novels, full of heroines who find love and usually a life lesson or two, practically spawned the romantic comedy.