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I love how loving Emma's relationship with her father was, and she positively adored spending time with him. Even when Knightley proposes to her, she refuses to marry him if it means leaving her beloved dad. Knightley compromises by moving in with them so that they can both care for him.

By the way, Emma has the single best historical costumes in any movie I've ever seen. Half of the outfits they have are direct museum copies, and the other half come from fashion plates. This is EXACTLY what people dressed like in 1815. They nailed it.

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What is so painfull about the missus Bates incident is that she is actually the one person who thought of Emma the highest of them all, never saw any flaw in her, just as in her niece miss Fairfax. And of all the people Emma hurt, she hurt the most fragile one in all. And even then, she never blamed Emma

"But you are *always* kind." It settles on her like a lead weight. This is one of those forgivenesses that is worse because they're too easy about forgiving you and you realize you need to do better.

I think an important thing to note about Emma's character is her inherent loneliness and it's quite sad in its own way. She seemingly doesn't have many friends or peers her age and of her social standing (unfortunately the classism does play an issue here), Mrs. Weston was her only confidante, and her father, while loving, has deep nervous tendencies and leaves the running of the household to her. Materially, she has everything in the world, and yet she had no companionship, no real friends to help guide her except for Mr. Knightley, but one person's voice of reason can often be drowned out by the entirety of Highbury praising you. To quench that boredom and loneliness, she takes to fulfilling herself and deriving joy from other people's lives by playing god in them. An addition that I personally love with Autumn de Wilde's 2020 adaptation, is at the start of the film how Emma is in her hot house selecting flowers for a bouquet, and says to the attendant about to cut one off "Not that one. The next." Off the bat, it establishes the power and standing Emma wields, but also how she insists on making the choices, and deciding who or what goes together, much like her real life match making. There are scenes of just Emma alone, bored, with no friends, trying to talk with her father, but then her father falling into his hypochondriac tendencies instead. Her family and acquaintances are her flowers, her hot house, her doll house (in fact the 2009 adaptation plays with that "people are her dolls" idea too), she mix and matches them to her choosing to create the perfect "bouquet", in an attempt to create scenarios where there is companionship/contentment in her town and life, where she doesn't have any personally. Not that that makes her actions okay, but I do think that's an interesting facet of her psychology.

it's actually pretty wild to me when i first saw this film and found out that it's Autumn De Wilde's debut feature i was like excuse me!? coz i agree! the whole thing was shot to perfection and i do think her being a photographer has lent a lot to her ability to stage and plan things well. so so beautiful.

One thing I *loved* about this adaptation is how much the tongue-and-cheek filming style felt so much like reading the book. While I enjoy lots of Austen adaptations, I think they all take the setting and era far more seriously than Jane Austen ever did. Her writing is constantly poking fun at the absurdity of the world she's portraying, and I think this is the only adaptation I've seen that really captured her style.

Emma is 21. It’s the opening line of the novel. She lived 21 years in the world with little to distress or vex her. But indeed she knows very little about relationships.

The picnic scene GUTTED me. Because you can see the INSTANT regret in Emma's face dropping, the hurt and heartbreak in Mrs. Bates' face, and the conversation coming to a screeching halt. Just absolute perfection.

One of the things I love about the book is that Emma's saviour complex in part comes about by being the wealthiest woman in the area (and thus of course the best because that's how class worked/works), and partly because she's been managing her father's severe anxiety for so long. She's been parentified by her father and thus thinks she's much smarter and more grown up than she really is. This is also why she won't consider marrying because she worries about the effect her leaving would have on him. In the book she initially plans to not even tell her father she's engaged and only marry Knightly once he's dead. But Knightly is truely a lovely romantic lead and he actually offers to move into her father's estate so she won't have to leave him.

I LOVE the Jane Austen=Aaron Sorkin comparison. People sometimes forget in the romance of it all how incredibly clever Austen's dialogue is. That's why my favorite adaptations keep as much of her dialogue as humanly possible. It's basically impossible to improve upon.

When she decides that she can't say yes Mr. Knightly until after she has personally apologized and made things right between Harriet and Mr. Martin is when I finally believe that she has grown as a person and was not just shamed into an apology by her community. Also, her getting a nose bleed in the middle of Mr. Knightly professing his love to her cracks me up every time.

That scene with Emma inadvertently hurting Miss Bates actually had me in tears. I've been Miss Bates in that situation with almost that exact statement, and I can tell you that hearing those words from someone you're friends with cuts you to the core. It doesn't matter how well intended the joke was, Emma hit on something that she shouldn't have.

fun fact: jane fairfax actress is actually a classically trained pianist hehe

"You can't be on a pedestal if you keep climbing down." -Jono I LOVE THAT. People might be tempted to soak it up when they're put on a pedestal. But some people choose to remain humble no matter what.

The famous scene where Emma is so terribly rude made me cringe so hard I yelled.

Emma makes for an interesting character, especially as a female, in that she LIKES her life. She likes her status, her home, taking care of her nervous father, being an aunt. Miss Taylor becoming Mrs. Weston is the first ripple in the waters. Though she wanted her friend to be happy, her making a new home is sad for Emma, so she focuses on the power trip (that she's been on since she was a child) of being the cleverest person in most rooms she's in. When she sees that she wants to be with Knightly, it's to keep things as similar to what they've been as she can. By the end, she still like her life, & that life has changed little. She has changed.

The actress who plays Miss Bates is called Miranda Hart, and she's a BRILLIANT comedian! Years ago she used to have her own show on BBC called Miranda, which was very popular in the UK. It was a bit like Fleabag but way before Fleabag!

My grandmother, who was a narcissist, would phrase things all the time about how it was "our choice" "we could only decide for ourselves" and the subtext was always "I'm going to approve or disapprove of either decision". There is a fine line between good advice and manipulation because on the surface it sounds the same, but the intention behind is what actually matters.

What they do with the servants is phenomenal, I'm not sure if any of them ever have any lines, but their body language is always so effective in making them a dynamic part of the scene. When Knightley confronts Emma about influencing Harriet, you can see all the maids just drop what they're doing and flee the scene because they don't want to present during an argument.

"When did you ever stop at three?" That line struck me so hard, and reminded me so much of what I hear. I recently was put on the same spot on a work outing, where we split the check evenly in three groups. First group had 5 people. Second group had 6 people. Third group had one person. That person was me. When I asked, how come I was separated as my own category I was told: "Well, you're the only fat one here. It would be unfair for anyone to evenly split the check with someone who eats as much as you do." Sometimes I sit and wonder for a couple of minutes, if she ever, just like Emma, realized just what she said and how deeply she scarred me forever that day.

Book Emma is very polite to Jane Fairfax. She encourages Jane to play, because she can't be seen to envy her, & she knows too well her playing can't compare.

I love 😂the fact that Jane Austin basically said that she was going to create a heroine that nobody else would like but her!😂

Our KZfaq dads always manage to make my day better. Thanks guys, stay funny.

Alan, i loved your discussion of blocking and staging! You are very good at reading the metaphors and seeing the symbolism, what a great discussion. Another wonderful therapy session, bless you Internet Dads!

I am going to throw out a petty correction on an excellent episode--which should in no way detract from how great it is and how hard you work: Jono said "Victorian" england. This is Regency England, a few decades before Victoria. The King at the time was so ill, both severe mental illness and physical issues, that his son the Prince of Wales acted as Regent for years. That's the time period Austen was writing contemporary with Napoleon's rise and fall in Europe. None of that detracts from the point you made that women at this time either inherited money or married into it and had very few ways to earn it.

One more thing to add about how good this movie is: the costumes. The costumes/hair/makeup are so historically accurate - there are even several of Emma's dresses that are based off of extant historical garments!

I would DIE if you guys did Sense and Sensibility!!! Colonel Brandon is such a wonderful character and I would love to hear what you guys have to say about him.

Hey. I just wanna say that I was having a strong panic attack just like two hours ago, so I came here and started binge watching your stuff. I’ve been watching you guys for years now and this has become kind of a regular thing for me. Also I started therapy because of you. I don‘t even know you guys but you made a huge impact on my life, so like, thank you.

“Jane Austen was the Aaron Sorkin of her day” is an incredibly apt comparison that a “cool” English 101 professor would make and I’m loving it.

Alan: "I don't know why this movie tickles my funny bone." Me: "It's the mighty Jane Austen!"

The scene with Miss Bates goes to show how being and kind and patient can be easily misinterpreted. There's a lot of people like Emma in the world, ready to jump the gun and judge her for it and see it as a weakness; but there's not many Miss Bates out there. She can see the flaws in Emma and still appreciate her for who she is. I love that scene so much. Both actors do such an incredible job at conveying those emotions very well! Just over all amazing!

Fun fact: I got to see an early screening of this movie when it came out, and I was a huge fan of Anya Taylor-Joy after seeing her in 'Split' and 'Glass'. I was in acting school at the time, and my teacher asked if we were excited to see anything. I told them I was seeing "Emma" with Anya Taylor-Joy, and they all gave me this blank look. I listed off a couple of things she had done, someone said "Isn't she the girl with really big eyes?" and the class was like "oh yeah, just her." A few months later, during the pandemic, "The Queen's Gambit" came out and everyone went nuts for Anya Taylor-Joy, including my classmates, and I remember thinking "Not bad for the big eyed girl, huh?"

I would love a part 2 to this, maybe focusing on the father daughter relationship, cuz I don't ever seem to get tired of people talking about this movie

The "i hope you can recollect the tune" is not in the book, but the scene in general is and Emma is definitely put in her place with music

I know most people really see themselves in Liz Bennet, but this is who I see myself as, at least when I was younger. Best intentions, with a little too much ego.

I love how watching even the background characters like the servants is very entertaining! When knightley confronts her about her part in encouraging Harriet to turn down her proposal, the maids immediately leave the room knowing that they shouldn't be there but you just know that the only reason they're so quick to leave is because they are going to be listening at the door! In other scenarios the directors would have simply forgotten there are other people in the room or do their best to not draw attention/ eye to them and just focus on the speakers. It's choices like that for me makes this film so great.

My two take aways: i am reminded of when i set one of my good friends with one of my ex boyfriend's best friends. They met and clicked so fast and hard that they were married in less than six months. Or that was my perception and i was extremely proud of myself. Turns out, their whirl wind romance had just been him love bombing her. He completely duped her. He dropped the act as soon as they were married and lots of lying, cheating, and taking advantage of commenced. I helped cause that because i didn't know him well enough. 2nd is that emma reminds me of me when i was young. Growing up, i was the golden child as far as grades, looks and most of all, compliance, goes. When a prospective bf asked me the worst thing i had ever done, i had the hardest time thinking of anything. I settled on a memory of me stealing a cookie i was five 🤦‍♀ in reality there was quite a lot i could have chosen from (intolerance, judginess etc) but i was blind to see it

Characters like Emma terrify me because im afraid that I am that way. what if my jokes are hurtful, what if i am too egotistical? I think of myself an Elinor Dashwood but what if i am an Emma?

Cinema Therapy is always an instant click for me even if I haven't seen the film like this one.

One historical note: Queen Victoria came to the throne in 1837, 22 years after Emma's 1815 publication. At the time, George III was still king, though the future George IV was Prince Regent by then. The period for Jane Austen's works is "Regency era" (applied to anything from late 18th century until the Victorian era began in 1837, though the actual regency only lasted 1811-1820). And, yes, I did have to look up the actual dates (I actually thought Emma was slightly earlier and Victoria later) - though I knew immediately that Emma was not Victorian.

Dropping in to show the captioner for this episode some love! The speaker tags, the height changes, the line breaks at the ends of phrases - impeccable! Keep up the quality work 🤩

Matchmakers: But you have so much in common! Single people: like what? Our interests, goals, and approach to life are totally different. Matchmakers: But you're both single! Seriously.

I thought this was just gonna be a fun little video about Emma. I’d get to rewatch some bits of this movie that I love. Nope now I’m laying here crying after I hear “she’s good enough that the guilt hits her” and I realize that because I feel guilt that makes me a better person than what I thought. A true monster wouldn’t feel guilt but here I am Thank you I really needed to hear that

I had an acting teacher who taught us the very common method (Emotional/Affective Memory) of using our real-life pain when we needed to be emotional. It is indeed very hard on someone. As a result of tapping into those very real feelings from my life, I can now bawl like a baby when I need to. Before a scene I close my eyes and repeat the word "sad" softly to myself while thinking of one of the many hard times in my past, a few seconds later, tears galore. When you have to do that over and over again, it definitely weighs heavy on you.

There are times I wish I could make a movie just for them to talk about. Thanks guys for all you do.

I genuinely shouted with joy when I saw the notification for this reaction! I LOVE Emma and the relationships explored in the story. I love how Emma is flawed, but still human and worthy of our compassion, and goes on this journey of self discovery and self awareness, ultimately growing and becoming a better friend from it. I love how Knightley, despite being framed as the moral arbiter of the novel/film, is similarly taken on a journey of self discovery, that he can be just as impulsive, petty, and jealous as Emma or anyone else despite his supposed composure and self assuredness. I love the devotion that Emma has to her father, I love the friendships, I love seeing Knightley and Emma's discovery of their own humanity and love, I love Autumn de Wilde's direction, I love the regency fashions, I LOVE the moments of humour playing up the comedy of manners! Gosh there's just so much to love about Emma, I haven't even touched on the aspects with Harriet, the Eltons, Jane Fairfax and Frank Churchill but ahhhhh! I'm so happy this was covered, Thank you Cinema Therapy! :")

I adored this movie so much! Miranda Hart plays Mrs. Bates so incredibly. I love her so much -she was excellent in Call the Midwife. I always get the sense that this movie/book is a commentary not on personal growth, but on the culture of female friendships and how they sometimes take the backseat to romantic relationship development. Anyway, just a thought. Cheers! have a great week!

Once again, an excellent pick - having daughters aged 18 and 20, the moment of realization after Emma’s cutting remark, is very real. The regret and confronting of self is very accurate for this age … and for an upper middle class kid like mine. But..the history prof gotta say, Austen lived during the American and French Revolutions, early Republic, and Napoleonic wars, so not Victoria, but Regency. It makes it so much clearer, for Americans already know George III was problematic - later mad, no his son,the Regent, the epitome of waste and arrogance, so …quite funny and revealing about Austen’s tone. Think Thomas Paine and Ben Franklin and Abigail Adams. But your point that women had to marry to live, legit!

Thanks for doing another Austen! Like you said, she really understood people. That's why her books still live (along with her wit and turn of phrase). BTW, love the weasel for the minister! Accurate! 🤣🤣🤣

Analysing another Jane Austen story ? Yep, this is gonna be great to analyse again one of the greatest psychologist of her time ! So great in fact you can still relate nowadays with those characters and situations sometimes.

Taylor-Joy is great, and of course visually stunning. But shout out to Johnny Flynn, also gorgeous, who matches her beat for beat, doesn't come across as a bully (like Mark Snow in the BBC miniseries), nor condescending (like Jeremy Northam) nor too old like both of them (the Paul Rudd character had to be sanded down to fit in Clueless). Flynn is magnificent, including his posterior, and walks the fine line between seeing Emma at her worst, but knowing she's better than that, and not being creepy or gross in either 1830 or 2022.

one of the scenes i really liked was the argument towards the end between emma and mr. knightly, just after she's hurt miss bates. they have emma standing up, and mr knightly sitting down while he's yelling at her. i don't know why they chose to shoot it that way, perhaps because it's one of the last times in the movie emma is looking down on others from her egotistical viewpoint, and it was words from someone "beneath" her that finally helped to bring her down off her pedestal, or maybe as simple as just to lessen the intensity of a man yelling at a woman like that on screen. but something about that scene speaks to me. perhaps it's because I'm a little sensitive to yelling and arguments for personal, trauma-related reasons, but i appreciated the way it was shot definitely in part because it made mr. knightley severity less, i don't know, scary? if they had both been standing, or worse, emma sitting and him standing, it would have come across so much more negatively imo. but it was shot in just the right way, and it was overall a very impactful scene, especially coming after another impactful scene just before (emma insulting miss bates). i never expected to love this movie when i first watched it, but it's definitely my favorite adaptation of emma now :)

I was literally going to say!!! The whole “Emmas words are saying this (which on the surface is good but her intentions are not) reads so true of some parents! It also almost feels like a get-out-of-jail-free card so that no matter the outcome they can claim “well i didn’t say anything one way or the other”. My parents have done so much damage to me and still continued to claim “well we don’t force you to do anything” In my own life i’ve experienced that severely with my parents religious beliefs. There was this verbal agreement that “when you’re eighteen and out of the house you can make your own choices” (over 18 now but unfortunately not able to move out due to housebounding chronic illness). And while they like to say “we don’t force you to follow our beliefs” and that “i’m free to do what i choose and they will support me”. They’ve spent two decades and ongoing years making it very clear how they feel about anything that is outside their beliefs. Things that feel carved into my soul, like they’ve built a hateful cage around me but claim that i’m still free.

Also she was the one who went to Mr Martin at the end to apologize. In the beginning of the movie she didn't even look at his direction. It shows how much she developed

I think every high school student can relate to this. At high school, there's the mean girls, the petty fights, gossips, dream of the perfect date to prom/homecoming/bf and being compared to other people. Everyone can go back and remember that moment when we were too proud or in an emotional situation and mistakenly said the wrong thing to the last person we wanted to hurt. It's a smack in the face because you're surprise yourself for doing something hurtful. I do respect that Emma does take the time to learn from her mistakes and fix them. A lot of people don't do that anymore.

My fave thing about this story is seeing the journey of introspection on Emma's face. As great as Jane Austen is with words, this is a journey that can't be fixed with words, and Emma's love comes through in her actions.

I love this version and I didn't expect to. One thing about the comparison between Emma and Jane Fairfax is that they are both accomplished, but Emma had a family home and money, whereas Jane was poor. Also, there's a comparison between how Emma treats Harriet and how Mrs. Elton treats Jane. Both act superior for different reasons, but I think Emma learns from it. Mrs. Elton continues her superiority. Also, you should totally watch the 2009 miniseries. Not even to film a video. Just for fun.

Now I am CRAVING an episode on The Queen's Gambit! That series so beautifully deals with strong subjects like addiction, depression, having a support system, motherly love, and identity. My friends, family and I have watched the entire thing like 6 times lol.

The part about "people don't really talk like that and they never have" reminds me of National Treasure when Cage's character says something eloquent, is told people don't really talk like that, and replies "no, but they think like that"

If you're going to do 'Persuasion' on your next Jane Austen adaptation, remember to watch the 90s movie or the 2000s tv movie, the 2020s movie completely rewrite Anne Elliot's character and it takes a lot away from her development as a character.

Absolutely love this movie! As a dress historian, the costumes are some of the most accurate I've ever seen on film!!! Should've got the Oscar for best costumes

Sooooo glad to see you guys react to this movie. Jane Austen would've adored this version of Emma. The dry wit and slightly mischievous tone are exactly the types of Austenesque humor I feel portrayed in the books. And Emma is my favorite Austen protagonist especially because she can grow from her flaws and learn from her mistakes. (Also, Mr.Knightley is the best Austen male lead, and no, I do not take constructive criticism. Sorry, Darcy's fans)

I think Emma is just a woman born into a time period that doesn't suit her. She's meddling and manipulating people with good intentions because she's bored and unfulfilled. And no wonder - she lives in a world where her only purpose is to either marry or manage her father's household in his stead. She's bright and energetic but not allowed to persue any outlet for her talents. She actually often is the brightest person in the room and if she lived in modern times she would be at university or maybe teach herself coding or start a business or travel the world. She's definitely misguided and messes things up but I can understand her frustration.

Couple of small points - Georgian (Regency) England, guys, not Victorian. And it's Miss Bates - the sadness is that Miss Bates (and her elderly widowed mother) are very poor as Mr Bates was a minister and died and his salary died with him, so the Bates' are poor yet not able to work. The big issue with Harriet Smith is that she is (*shocked gasp*) the natural daughter of no-one knows who. Emma wants her to marry well because Emma is sure she's the daughter of someone titled. Turns out no, it's a merchant - money, but no position. So Robert Martin, as a Yeoman Farmer, is an excellent match because he's slightly above Harriet socially (and a lot more sensible). His knowing her status as an illegitimate child and yet still wanting to marry her is a huge thing. One complaint I have heard is that Mr Knightly is twice her age - I'd be interested to hear your comments on that. As someone who is a great deal older than her husband, I know some eyebrows were raised. Mind you, 20 years later, the 11 year difference isn't as much of a problem. :-)

That last line of "Sometimes I just say things". As a therapist myself, I've never related to anything more 😂 Thank you for all you do here! You're all bringing goodness onto the internet

As a huge Jane Austen fan, I love this movie. It just hits on all the witty notes that Jane Austen wrote. It has the same witty, quirky heart that Jane Austen put in the book.

This is one of my favorite Emma adaptations! Thanks for doing this!

My mom and I went to see this in theaters together and we laughed so much through the whole thing. I didn't realize until watching this video that the blocking was a huge part of it. It made little scenes so funny.

One of the things I love about this movie is that they did not shy away from period accurate costuming, even the curly cue hair thingies that movies tend to avoid like the plague. And that is what makes it work! It's so quirky and the costuming certainly matches EVEN WHILE BEING ACCURATE!

I remember I saw Emma in theaters a couple of hours before the Covid lockdown in 2020. I left the theater to a quarantine announcement, so Emma was the last movie I saw in theaters before a long cinematic draught. Thanks for analyzing the film and bringing back bittersweet memories, and more clarity regarding Emma.

what a coincidence, I just finished reading the book today. Jane Austen is such a clever writer so I really enjoyed the story, because there's never high stakes involved, just people being people. can't wait to watch this!

Loved it. Just hoped you talked more about Emma's relationship with her dad and her dad's relationships with both daughters.

Persuasion, a less popular book of Jane Austen's, would be interesting to compare with Emma. The heroine is very often overlooked and has to learn to stand up for herself and have confidence in her own opinions. My favorite adaptation is the 1995 Ciaran Hinds/Amanda Root one. I think there is plenty to dissect from a therapy point of view. I like the filmmaking but I don't know enough about it to know if Alan would. Great performances, imho! In fact, I think I'm going to go watch it right now!😊

This is why Jane Austen is such a genius

You may want to reference which Emma / Jane Austen adaptation (year number usually) you are referring to in the episode title! They get redone about every 10 years, and its fascinating to see how the zeitgeist shifts!

Okay, I really wish you guys have actually read the book because it's actually quite different in terms of how people behave outwardly towards each other. In the book, Jane Fairfax is described as cold and distant even when Emma did try to (not very hard but she did try at the urging of others) get to know her. They're, at least on the surface, not as outspoken with showing their negative inner feelings in each others' companies because it is regency England.

I am so glad you took on "Emma". My favorite Jane Austen novel! This was so much fun! I love this adaptation. But no matter how good the film, PLEASE read the novel. It's as rich as the film and it's a much different experience.

This is one of the better Emma remake. I didn’t like Emma as a character when I was younger. Older me reflects and remember she only 21. Being 21 you think you know everything when in fact you know nothing. The beauty of Austen novels is every time you read it, you find something you missed the last time.

I’m so glad I’m not the only one who saw the Wes Andersonesque (?) quality of this film and how amazing a job Autumn de Wilde did with adapting the book! Other adaptations cannot compare im sorry 😂 And Anya Taylor Joy was perfectly cast as Emma especially. I started to read the book again after watching this film and I’m happy to say it’s mostly faithful to not just the dialogue but also the events in the book. This is a film I always recommend to anyone (as is the 2005 P&P film adaptation) 😊

Can’t recommend the book enough! It’s got some of Austen’s snappiest, funniest turns of phrases, and the visual humour in this movie strikes the tone exactly. Great adaption of a great book!

When you observe the fact that Emma grew up in an environment, where she was constantly praised, and constantly held up as a pinnacle of what a girl should be it’s actually impressive that at 19 she was still in a position where she could learn and grow, and observe herself.

I was watching your video on Pride and Prejudice the other day and was wondering if you would do Emma and this just uploaded! I’m so excited to watch, love you guys! ❤

I can’t tell y’all how much these videos have done for me. This is therapy for me…humor, wit, and introspection. Thanks, guys❤

Ugh I could do a whole hour presentation on how much I love Emma 2020. It’s not a perfect adaption, but the way it was shot, acted, styled, and the emotions-like it’s almost perfect. It’s such a beautiful film, in so many ways.

Awww! Miranda Hart is Miss Bates! I've always loved her character Camilla (Chummy) from Call The Midwife! :)

I'm going through a hard chapeter right now, and at 24:34, That joke made me chuckle for what felt like the first time in forever. Thank you, so much for that.

I love the breakdown of the film making- and the Homer Simpson hedge comparison!

I know Jonathan is a lovely and intelligent therapist. Not only because you keep it real but because you treat every idea and I assume patient as well with no pre-meditation or judgements. You literally think on the go and connect with individuals instead of thinking about the bulletin points of how to do your job. You naturally coast and jump in into any conversation freely like any cool friend/paternal figure AND mentor. You're the full package buddy and the real deal, love and support both of yalls work! I look forward to all your future vids and free therapy, thank you times a million! Love you guys! ❤

Alan, about tickling your funny bone - I think he deserves an honorable mention: the reason why I could never erase this movie from my mind is the stellar comedic performance by James O'Connor, playing the Minister. I've never seen an actor enjoy his own performance and role in a movie so immensely, its hilarious. I was wiping my tears while laughing.

2:43 Alan’s little smile there makes me so happy!!! I just love how Jane Austen set out to make her most unlikeable character and yet to this day, we love Emma and find her charming 🥰

My therapist has been trying to encourage me to accept compliments, but I have a hard time doing it because I have that voice that says I'm not worth it; I don't deserve it. It's not easy. You guys are an awesome part of my life now, flaws and all. Here's a floor cushion. Be comfy off the pedestal, and thank you for being genuine.

Having my first therapy session today. Thank you for helping me towards this decision, couldn't do it without the support :)

“Emma” is my favourite movie of all time and to see it reviewed by my favourite KZfaq channel made my heart spark with joy! You guys speak so much wisdom in each video you make and it often motivates me to keep going and fuel my passion for film and psychology. Thank you so so much for doing what you’re doing! You’re great!!!

"My brokenness and my strength help people" is just an incredible quote. That's how I want to approach storytelling

This was so relatable. Thank you both for being so honest and open. One of my therapist friends said that the best therapists have been through hell and can relate to their clients. It's so much easier to talk to someone who gets it.

This was unexpected, but certainly a pleasant surprise!

i absolutely love this version of Emma! this Harriet is definitely my favourite version. and i love how much of the comedy is non-verbal, which is such a clever way to go about when you have to squeeze a whole book into one movie. also, the behind-the-scenes videos are just adorable