"This "Sense and Sensibility" has been stamped with the indelible seal of Ang Lee's typical restrained director style. Although this Eleanor is older than people expected, Emma Thompson managed to unearth this touching role. Vulnerability, and Kate Winslet, who had such an eye-catching performance in Sin Angel, also perfectly captured the confusion when Marian’s idealized romance was betrayed."-Michael Dwyer,
The movie "Sense and Sensibility" may not be the most brilliant of all Ang Lee's film works, but it most candidly expresses his eternal theme: the conflict of Sense and Sensibility.
In this movie, Ang Lee's most adept at expressing the character of course is the forbearing sister Eleanor. In the camera, she quietly listened to Lucy telling her about her sweet past with Edward. A trace of sadness flashed in her eyes. The unfamiliar politeness that she maintained when she reunited with Edward in London. This kind of forbearing repression is exactly Ang Lee's way of doing things. The thinking is best at expressing and capturing emotions. Ang Lee used his oriental conservativeness to interpret the elegant and reserved British classical culture. At the end of the film, Eleanor, who is emotionally rich but at the same time sane, finally reaps the ideal love. This is Jane Austen's answer to how to balance Sense and Sensibility. For Ang Lee, this subject will never end. In his previous and subsequent works, this theme runs through, and every time it bursts out with charming charm.
