Cons:
- Poorly handled slavery subplot that simultaneously manages to distract from the story and detract from the gravity of slavery, especially sexual slavery
- Blander romantic lead than most Austen heroes, also they're first cousins
- Sooooo many interesting dynamics between the different characters that have potential but are never explored, but maybe that's Austen's fault (not that I'd speak a word against her)

Pros:
- Costumes!!
- One of the most impeccable, complex, and overlooked bad boys in all of literature and he gets so much screentime
- Embeth Davidtz, especially the choice to make Mary queercoded, as her relationships with men (and there are many) are completely devoid of any romance or sex, she's clearly using them…

What I've heard about this is that it's a "loose adaptation" of Austen's novel, so I am guessing the subplot about slavery was either different in the original or not there at all? I feel like it would be more notable if Austen had made a strong statement about the slave trade when this was written. While I appreciate the inclusion of this subplot as an acknowledgement of the sociopolitical position the family is in, to give context to their wealth and manners and proprieties, and for the weird punchline of switching from the abominable practice of slavery to the lesser but still evil practice of tobacco farming, I still found it to be somewhat too weakly woven into the…