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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I knew this place would be magical! They even got us a car from the 1800s!"'']]

->''"I'm going to take charge of my story."''
-->-- '''Jane'''
''Austenland'' is a 2013 [[TheFilmOfTheBook film]] of the 2007 book of the same name by Creator/ShannonHale. It stars Creator/KeriRussell, Creator/JJFeild, Creator/{{Jane Seymour|Actress}}, Brent [=McKenzie=], Creator/JenniferCoolidge, Creator/JamesCallis, Creator/GeorgiaKing, Creator/RickyWhittle, and Rupert Vansittart.

Creator/KeriRussell plays Jane Hayes, a dissatisfied 30-something American woman who is obsessed with Creator/ColinFirth's portrayal of Mr. Darcy in ''Series/PrideAndPrejudice1995''. Deciding American men simply don't live up to the standard set by Creator/JaneAusten's fictional love interests, Jane decides to spend her life savings on a trip to a British resort called Austenland, where visitors can immerse themselves in the Regency era (complete with fake names and {{gorgeous period dress}}es) and leave with a love interest at the end of their stay. Jane hopes to leave with her very own Mr. Darcy.

Jane arrives at Austenland with fellow guest Elizabeth Charming (Coolidge), a wealthy middle-aged woman who paid for the "platinum package" to meet a host of colorful characters -- snooty, uptight owner Mrs. Wattlesbrook (Seymour), her bumbling husband (Vansittart), her nephew, the handsome, quiet Henry Nobley (Feild), the camp, energetic, AmbiguouslyGay Colonel Andrews (Callis), the wealthy, romantic Lady Amelia Heartwright (King), and the dashing Captain East (Whittle). Also along for the ride is stableboy Martin ([=McKenzie=]), whose FishOutOfWater air is something Jane finds very comforting...

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!!Tropes present in this film include:

* ActionDressRip: Jane has been riding sidesaddle, but needs to ride astride to outrun a rainstorm. In this case the dress is ripped vertically. (She still has some kind of long underwear to conceal her legs.)
* ActorAllusion: At the airport, Nobley makes a crack at Martin that the Kiwi actor couldn't get a job on ''Film/TheHobbit'', since it's formed in his native New Zealand. Martin's actor, Bret [=McKenzie=], actually ''was'' in ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'' as Lindir, as well as a background actor on two previous ''Film/LordOfTheRings'' films.
* AdaptationalJobChange: [[spoiler: Mr. Nobley in the book actually was an actor, though he did genuinely fall for Jane and follows her back to New York to prove it. In the film, he is a history professor who was strong-armed into helping his aunt, Mrs. Wattlebrook, and proves to be as incapable of acting as Jane is.]]
* AdaptationNameChange:
** In the book, Henry Jenkins was the name of the actor who played Mr. William Nobley. In the film, Henry Nobley is both his fake and real name.
** Martin Jasper played Theodore the gardener in the book. In the film, the servant's name is Martin and his full real name is not revealed.
* AdaptedOut: Jane's great-aunt, who in the book left her the trip to Austenland in her will, is cut out of the film. 'Aunt' Saffronia is also absent from the film, though her boorish husband is not.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Played with. It's unknown if the "Colonel Andrews" persona is supposed to be gay, but the actor playing him is.
* AnachronismStew: In-universe, Austenland isn't ''quite'' as historically accurate as Mrs. Wattlesbrook likes to claim -- some lights are electric, the toilets flush, and they are picked up from the airport in a car, albeit an old-fashioned car.
* AscendedFangirl: Jane is a huge fan of Jane Austen, and she sees going to Austenland and immersing herself in Jane Austen's era as this trope -- however, it's not all it's cracked up to be.
* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler: Mr. Wattlesbrook assaults Jane during her stay. This forms the grounds of her threat to report Austenland and shut it down -- apparently, she wasn't the first. In the book, the actor playing John Templeton did this, resulting in him being fired]].
* BadBadActing: The characters don't even ''try'' to act Mrs. Wattlesbrook's play well, resulting in this trope.
* BirdsOfAFeather: What Jane's attraction to Martin is based on -- she's looked down on by Mrs. Wattlesbrook as an "orphan" (she only paid for the copper package, so she is treated worse than the other guests), while he's looked down on for being a "stable boy." Both of them decry the pomp and concept of Austenland. [[spoiler: Subverted, Martin was paid to act like this from the beginning, and she actually has more in common with ''Nobley''.]]
* CallBack: "Tally-ho."
* CastingGag:
** Creator/RupertVansittart, who plays Mr Wattlebrook here, also played Mr Hurst (a very similar character) in the original ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'' miniseries.
** Creator/JJFeild played another Austen hero named Henry in the 2007 adaptation of '' Literature/NorthangerAbbey''.
** James Callis, who plays Colonel Andrews, is also known for his role in another Jane Austen modernization -- ''[[Literature/BridgetJones Bridget Jones's Diary]]''.
* CompositeCharacter: The film delegates the Templetons' roles to the Wattlesbrooks.
* DancesAndBalls: A ball ends a guest's stay with their assigned love interest.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: All the ladies clearly enjoy admiring Captain East.
* {{Expy}}: From ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'', and occasionally other Austen works.
** Quiet, brooding Mr. Nobley is even referred to as the Mr. Darcy character.
** Mrs. Wattlesbrook is one of Lady Catherine de Bourgh -- she obsesses about class and customs, although she's pretty classless and customless herself, and looks down on people she deems unworthy (like Jane).
** Martin is one of Mr. Wickham, the initial love interest opposed to Darcy who seems cool but turns out to be a jerk.
* EyeScream: Elizabeth accidentally shoots an arrow at Amelia's eye during the play. The wound is infected, and Amelia spends the rest of her stay wearing an eyepatch. She's fine by the ending, though.
* FakeBrit: In-universe, Jane is shocked to find out Amelia is actually American, as her British mannerisms seemed so spot-on during their stay.
* FanOfThePast: Jane is one of the Regency era.
* {{Foil}}: Molly Andrews-Carrera, Jane's best friend in the real world, is HappilyMarried with kids, has a hyphenated last name, and "normal" hobbies -- everything Jane isn't.
* GoldDigger: Amelia is married to an old, rich American.
* GrandRomanticGesture: Near the end of the film, [[spoiler: Nobley actually flies to America to return Jane's sketchbook. When she mentions that he "could have mailed it," he treats it as a rebuff.]]
* HollywoodToneDeaf: Bret [=McKenzie=] faking bad singing "Suddenly".
* IHaveThisFriend: While Jane and [[spoiler:Nobley]] watch two other characters kiss in the distance, Jane and he discuss whether the other two are having a short-term fling or starting something more lasting; of course, they are really talking about themselves. Jane reuses one of the exact phrases from this dialogue later in the movie, applied to herself of course.
* LoveTriangle: In Austenland, Jane is torn between free-spirited servant Martin/Theodore and quiet, thoughtful gentleman Nobley.
* MeaningfulName:
** Jane Hayes is renamed Jane Erstwhile in Austenland: fitting, as she's a FanOfThePast.
** Mr. Nobley is as [[KnightInSourArmour noble as the character he's based on]], if a bit sour.
* MrFanservice: Captain East is one both in-universe. It's clear that Mrs. Wattlesbrook [[WalkingShirtlessScene doesn't keep him around for his acting]].
* PluckyComicRelief: Miss Charming, who, in contrast to Jane, is clearly just out to have a good time.
* RadishCure: Jane spends her life's savings to go to the Austenland resort to live out her Jane Austen fantasies, but after [[spoiler: a miserable time due to being harassed by Mr. Wattlebrook, and being led on by Nobley, she decides to put away her Jane Austen memorabilia]] when she returns home.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Elizabeth Charming is very rich, but she's not quite all there.
* SatelliteCharacter: Jane's best friend is just around to commentate on her obsession and persuade her to lead a normal life.
* SecretRelationship: Amelia's relationship with East is portrayed as this in Austenland, although Jane wonders if the people playing them are also in love outside of it. The ending implies as much.
* ShamelessFanserviceGuy: Captain East needs little provocation to rip off his shirt.
* StylisticSuck: Mrs. Wattlesbrook's play -- tacky props and costumes, BadBadActing, hammy script, the works. The film also portrays East's shows as this.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Martin and Captain East.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The film has one, set one year after the end of Jane's stay at Austenland: [[spoiler: Elizabeth has bought Austenland and turned it into a theme park, along with co-host Andrews. Captain East works as a performer there. Among the guests are Amelia and her old husband (whom she ditches to {{fangirl}} over East), and Jane and Nobley, now a happy couple. Mr. Wattlesbrook works as a garbage picker.]]