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Emma
MEANRANK
68/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2667
- IMDb #3249
- Rotten Tomatoes #1626
- Metacritic #1625
- Letterboxd #2926
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1685
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2026
- Metacritic Critics #1867
- Metacritic Audience #1291
- Kinopoisk #2367
- AlloCiné #3492
- Trakt #3094
Every rating
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Lowest is Criticker on 48, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 84.
See the most agreed on films →In Regency England, a clever and privileged young woman enjoys matchmaking for her friends and neighbors. Confident in her abilities, she decides to find a suitable husband for her sweet but socially naive protegee. Her misguided attempts at manipulation create a series of romantic misunderstandings and complications that ultimately threaten her own chance at happiness.
Details
- Director
- Douglas McGrath
- Writer
- Douglas McGrath
- Based on
- Emma by Jane Austen
- Studio
- Miramax, Haft Entertainment, Matchmaker Films
- Released
- 2 August 1996
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $6.0M
- Box office
- $22.2M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 6 →1 major award won · 3 wins from 6 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1997 | Best Original Musical or Comedy Score | Rachel Portman | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1997 | Best Costume Design | Ruth Myers | Nominee |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 1997 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Douglas McGrath | Nominee |
| London Film Critics' Circle 1997 | British Actor of the Year | Ewan McGregor (also for Brassed Off, The Pillow Book and Trainspotting ) | Winner |
| Satellite Awards 1997 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture | Gwyneth Paltrow | Winner |
| USC Scripter Award 1997 | USC Scripter Award | Douglas McGrath (screenplay), Jane Austen (novel) | Nominee |
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6 awards — Emma
×| Best Original Musical or Comedy Score | Rachel Portman | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Ruth Myers | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Douglas McGrath | Nominee |
| British Actor of the Year | Ewan McGregor (also for Brassed Off, The Pillow Book and Trainspotting ) | Winner |
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture | Gwyneth Paltrow | Winner |
| USC Scripter Award | Douglas McGrath (screenplay), Jane Austen (novel) | Nominee |