A diet of romantic literature is a recipe for disappointment in real life, argues French director Laura Piani with “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” about an aspiring writer who’s convinced she ...

‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’ Review: A Writer Confronts the Terrors of Romance and a Blank Page in Laura Piani’s Charming Debut. Lovia Gyarkye. Tue, May 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM UTC.

Review: Romance and writer's block in bilingual rom-com ‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’ A modern French bookseller goes to a writers retreat in the romantic comedy “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life.” ...

Written and directed by Laura Piani, Jane Austen Wrecked My Life isn’t quite as playful a film as its title suggests. But it’s an old-school soul-soother – the kind Richard Curtis used to make back in ...

A pleasant, low-friction bit of romantic fiction, “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” is the first feature from writer-director Laura Piani. In her mid-20s, Piani worked in Paris in the venerable ...

“Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” a Sony Pictures Classics release in theaters Friday, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association for “some sexual content, nudity, language.” Running time ...

Agathe is celibate by choice. The 30-something hero of filmmaker Laura Piani’s feature debut “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” played by the luminous Camille Rutherford, hasn’t so much been ruined by ...

“Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” a Sony Pictures Classics release in theaters Friday, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association for “some sexual content, nudity, language.” Running time ...

A modern French bookseller goes to a writers retreat in the romantic comedy “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life.” Camille Rutherford plays the hero who finds herself in a bit of ...