History YMMV / SenseAndSensibility

-->''"She had seen enough of [Mrs. Ferrars's] '''pride''', her meanness, and her determined '''[[Literature/PrideAndPrejudice prejudice]]''' against herself..."''

-->''"A woman of [[Literature/{{Persuasion}} seven-and-twenty]]," said Marianne, after pausing a moment, "can never hope to feel or inspire affection again...''

* SignatureScene: Colonel Brandon carrying Marianne back to the house after she goes walking in a rainstorm is so iconic that someone complimented Emma Thompson for depicting that scene from the novel so well, and the 2008 miniseries reproduced it with only slight modifications. In fact, this scene isn't even in the book at all - it originated with the film itself.
* ValuesDissonance: In the movie, Colonel Brandon was forbidden from marrying his cousin Elizabeth because she had no money. In the book, she was forced to marry his brother specifically because she ''did'' have money - and it had to stay with the oldest son to keep it in the family.

* ToughActToFollow: The series had a challenge to be remarkable in the face of an Oscar-winning film starring the likes of Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman. Andrew Davies said one of his goals was to make viewers forget about the movie while they were watching the series, and Hattie Morahan (Elinor) chose not to watch it so she wouldn't have Thompson's performance in her head. Critical reception mostly praised the adaptation as strong in its own right, but occasionally tended towards descriptions like "[[DamnedByFaintPraise nothing glaringly wrong]]" or a good companion adaptation to Lee's. (It doesn't help that certain aspects - like Edward and Elinor bonding over Margaret, Brandon's flowers versus Willoughby's[[note]]albeit they're strawberries here[[/note]], and Marianne collapsing in a rainstorm - are taken from the ''film'' rather than the book itself.)

** Edward's persisting in the engagement is portrayed as the honorable thing to do. However, the modern reader can't help noticing that Edward's stance would lead him to a life-bonding contract with an individual he no longer cared about. The engagement is also technically void (made by two minors without their parents' consent), meaning it's not legally binding; Edward sticks to it because he feels morally bound. With that said, Edward's breaking off the engagement ''after'' its reveal would have ruined Lucy's reputation and destroyed her chance of ever marrying, let alone marrying well. Given her financial situation, that would be a sentence to ruin. Only women in the Regency era could break off an engagement, and even then it was a risk; Lucy only got away with it because she married Robert immediately thereafter.
** Girls are considered able to marry ''much'' younger than in modern times. When sixteen-year-old Marianne objects that Colonel Brandon (35) is old enough to be her father, this is treated as a sign of her immaturity. Her own mother later says that it's better to marry an older man whose character and position in the world are fixed. (There's also the fact that Brandon is attracted to her because she resembles his LostLenore whom he knew since they were kids and fell in love as teenagers.) Willoughby's crime of impregnating and abandoning Eliza condemns him, but not the fact that she's even younger than Marianne.

* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/HughLaurie playing sarcastic Mr. Palmer years before ''Series/{{House}}''. And stealing the show.

* HilariousInHindsight:
** Watch Imelda Staunton (Mrs. Palmer) interact with Emma Thompson in ''this'' film, then follow it by watching their characters interact in ''Film/HarryPotter and the Order of the Phoenix.'' You might never look at Dolores Umbridge and Sybil Trelawney the same.
** Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson play siblings in ''Film/LoveActually''. Emma Thompson is also married to Alan Rickman in the same movie. And if you count a brief clip from ''Film/Titanic1997'', even Kate Winslet appears in the film.
** Emma Thompson is married in RealLife to Greg Wise, who plays Willoughby. [[RomanceOnTheSet They met on the set of this film]].
** Creator/HughLaurie playing sarcastic Mr. Palmer years before ''Series/{{House}}''. And stealing the show.
** Elizabeth Spriggs (Mrs. Jennings) and Hugh Laurie were both in ''Series/JeevesAndWooster'', where they played aunt and nephew.
** Greg Wise (Willoughby) and Imelda Staunton (Mrs. Palmer) went on to appear in ''Series/{{Cranford}}'' as Sir Charles and Miss Pole.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
** Is Marianne just THAT self-absorbed, or does she actually suffers from depression/bipolar disorder ? After Willoughby breaks up with her, she exhibits symptoms of depression: lack of appetite, lack of sleep, general disinterest in everything, lack of self-care (it's mentioned that Elinor has to prep her for when they go outside) and a general tendency to stay unoccupied in her bed all day. Moreover, when she learns how much Elinor has suffered, she still finds it impossible to adjust her conduct on hers, even as she feels her moral superiority. In the book this is treated as complacency, but it could be that it is genuinely impossible for her to "get a hold of herself", as it is for people who suffer from depression. As her state lasts more than two weeks, this could count as a severe depressive episode.
** In the same time, when she is happy, she acts with (for the time) recklessness, by showing exactly what she's feeling without thinking of the consequences, which is a sign of a manic episode in someone with bipolar disorder. Marianne is certainly a self-absorbed teen, but it is likely that she also suffers from a mood disorder, which explain how extreme her moods gets.

* CantUnhearIt: Creator/EmmaThompson's performance as Elinor has been so definitive that even Hattie Morahan, who turned in an excellent performance in her own right in the 2008 miniseries, has been unable to escape her shadow. This is unsurprising given that it's ''Emma Thompson'', one of the most gifted actresses of her generation.

* FridgeBrilliance: Marianne's behavior after Willoughby deserts her is accompanied by comments like "Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby." On its own, this is is a wry depiction of Marianne's overwrought emotional sensibilities, but compare it with ''Literature/NorthangerAbbey'', in which the narrator satirically chastises Catherine for ''not'' utterly neglecting her well-being after a romantic disappointment and thereby failing to live up to the behavioral expectations that one must fulfill in order to be considered a true ''heroine'' in a Regency novel. Marianne is a continuation of the critique Austen began in her first professional work, but it's PlayedForDrama rather than humor.

* RelationshipWritingFumble: This movie was responsible for many people seeing Elinor and Colonel Brandon as a FanPreferredCouple. In the book, Marianne and Elinor are less than three years apart in age, and Colonel Brandon, while 35, is still fairly young and with a normal age gap for a couple of the time period. However, Alan Rickman was nearly 50 when the film was released, with Kate Winslet not yet 21 and Emma Thompson in her mid-thirties; this made many consider Elinor to be a more age-appropriate match, and gave more validation to Marianne's complaints that Colonel Brandon is old enough to be her father. Moreover, Thompson and Rickman have abundant chemistry and seem much more emotionally compatible, whereas many found, ironically, only platonic chemistry between Elinor and Edward in this adaptation.

%%* IronWoobie: Colonel Brandon.

** Is Marianne just THAT self-absorbed, or does she actually suffers from depression/bipolar disorder ? After Willoughby breaks up with her, she exhibits symptoms of depression : lack of apetite, lack of sleep, general disinterest in everything, lack of self-care (it's mentioned that Elinor has to prep her for when they go outside) and a general tendency to stay inoccupied in her bed all day. Moreover, when she learns how much Elinor has suffered, she still finds it impossible to adjust her conduct on hers, even as she feels her moral superiority. In the book this is treated as complacency, but it could be that it is genuinely impossible for her to "get a hold of herself", as it is for people who suffer from depression. As her state lasts more than two weeks, this could count as a severe depressive episode.

* RetroactiveRecognition: John Willoughby is played by Dominic Cooper, who broke into the mainstream with his appearances as Howard Stark in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' and ''Series/AgentCarter'' and starring in ''Series/{{Preacher|2016}}''.

* IronWoobie: Colonel Brandon.

** Is Marianne just THAT self-absorbed, or does she actually suffers form depression/bipolar disorder ? After Willoughby breaks up with her, she exhibits symptoms of depression : lack of apetite, lack of sleep, general disinterest in everything, lack of self-care (it's mentioned that Elinor has to prep her for when they go outside) and a general tendency to stay inoccupied in her bed all day. As it last more than two weeks, this could count as a severe depressive episode.
** Moreover, when she is happy, she acts with (for the time) recklessness, by showing exactly what she's feeling without thinking of the consequences, which is a sign of a manic episode in someone with bipolar disorder. Marianne is certainly a self-absorbed teen, but it is likely that she also suffers from a mood disorder, which explain how extreme her moods gets.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the closing scenes, a few bars of "WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast" are heard. Dan Stevens (Edward) and Hattie Morahan (Elinor) would appear in ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017''.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the closing scenes, a few bars of “[[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Beauty and the Beast]]” are heard. Dan Stevens (Edward) and Hattie Morahan (Elinor) would appear in ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017''.

* ToughActToFollow: The series had a challenge to be remarkable in the face of an Oscar-winning film starring the likes of Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman. Andrew Davies said one of his goals was to make viewers forget about the movie while they were watching the series, and Hattie Morahan (Elinor) chose not to watch it so she wouldn't have Thompson's performance in her head. Critical reception mostly praised the adaptation as strong in its own right, but occasionally tended towards descriptions like "[[DamnedByFaintPraise nothing glaringly wrong]]" or a good companion adaptation to Lee's. (It doesn't help that certain aspects - like Edward and Elinor bonding over Margaret, Brandon's flowers versus Willoughby's[[note]]albeit they're strawberries here[[/note]], and Marianne collapsing in a rainstorm - are taken from the ''film'' rather than the book itself.)

* SignatureScene: Colonel Brandon carrying Marianne back to the house after she goes walking in a rainstorm is so iconic that someone complimented Emma Thompson for depicting that scene from the novel so well, and the 2008 miniseries reproduced it with only slight modifications. In fact, this scene originated with the film itself.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the closing scenes, a few bars of “[[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Beauty and the Beast]]” are heard. Dan Stevens (Edward) and Hattie Morahan (Elinor) would appear in ‘’Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017’’.

* ToughActToFollow: The series had a challenge to be remarkable in the face of an Oscar-winning film starring the likes of Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman. Andrew Davies said one of his goals was to make viewers forget about the movie while they were watching the series, and Hattie Morahan (Elinor) chose not to watch it so she wouldn't have Thompson's performance in her head. Critical reception mostly praised the adaptation as strong in its own right, but occasionally tended towards descriptions like "[[DamnedByFaintPraise nothing glaringly wrong]]" or a good companion adaptation to Lee's. (It didn't help that certain aspects, like Edward and Elinor bonding over Margaret, Brandon's flowers versus Willoughby's[[note]]albeit they're strawberries here[[/note]], and Marianne collapsing in a rainstorm are taken from the ''film'' rather than the book itself.)
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** Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson play siblings in ''Film/LoveActually''. Emma Thompson is also married to Alan Rickman in the same movie. And if you count a brief clip from ''Film/{{Titanic}}'', even Kate Winslet appears in the film.

* EsotericHappyEnding: Possibly Marianne and the Colonel to a modern audience due to ValuesDissonance, similar to Jo's fate in ''Literature/LittleWomen'' but with less evidence of ShipToShipCombat.