Finally watched the flick "Jane Austen Book Club" this past weekend. I've never read the book and I had kind of avoided the movie, but it was recommended by a work colleague whose wife is a confirmed Janeite as worth watching, so I checked it out and brought it home. A decent storyline, interesting characters, good players. Intrigued me that 5 women and 1 man would form a book club to discuss only the 6 books that Jane Austen wrote, and that each book related to their personal lives in some way. All of them had personal issues, and reading and discussing Austen's novels as a group became a form of therapy for them. Kathy Baker was entertaining as the mothering figure, and Amy Brenneman and Maria Bello were good as best friends; but Hugh Dancy was definitely a winsome soul--he's invited to join by Bello as a distraction for Brenneman, but he's really interested in Bello. He's never read Austen but is willing to, and his insights and comments are thoughtful, which surprises the women. His attempts to connect with Bello are very heartfelt and sincere, and indeed are helped along by Austen's works (and his sister, Nancy Travis). The characters that Emily Blunt and Maggie Grace played were less interesting to me, but still watchable. Cool that the group wins others over as Austen fans, too. A good way to spend some time, and you don't have to have read Jane Austen to appreciate the story.