1.   Although Austen is commonly interpreted today as a model of decorum, actually her psychological realism has a raw honesty that was quite ahead of its time.

2.   But its utter indifference to the tyrannical psychological realism that determines the shape and content of most Western films feels liberating.

3.   Psychological realism was out, she decided, so she chose to make it a fairy tale.

4.   Psychological realism, not mythic spectacle, is their beeswax.

5.   The movie might have had more bite if she and director Zwart had channeled their energy into coming up with some sliver of psychological realism for Jewel.