A pleasant, low-friction bit of romantic fiction, “Jane Austen Wrecked ... teenager by the smart women and foolish choices, happily avoided, created by the author and life-wrecker of this ...

“Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” is a catchy, provocative title for writer-director Laura Piani’s debut feature, but it is a bit of a misnomer. Her heroine, Agathe (Camille Rutherford), may ...

Repressed passions, thwarted ambitions and Empire-waisted gowns aren’t just Regency-era relics in “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” a low-tonnage pleasure bomb aimed straight at anyone who ...

The 30-something hero of filmmaker Laura Piani’s feature debut “Jane Austen Wrecked ... disheveled hair. There should be Instagram accounts devoted to her navy hooded parka. Life isn’t ...

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.

‘Jane Austen ... ‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’ is an atypical romance as the protagonist’s happiness is not solely reliant on finding love. Romantic fiction has been giving women ...

Mostly in French, with some English thrown about, Piani's "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life" simultaneously makes you roll your eyes and grin like an idiot, an impressive feat that's accomplished ...

What became the charming “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” took some years to grow ... it was written by men: women were beautiful or miserable or evil. She created something that is extremely ...

How to watch: In theaters. “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” (or, “Jane Austen a gâché ma vie”) is a catchy, provocative title for writer/director Laura Piani’s debut feature, but it is a ...

Repressed passions, thwarted ambitions and Empire-waisted gowns aren’t just Regency-era relics in “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” a low-tonnage pleasure bomb aimed straight at anyone who ...