Quote:
"Finally a director has taken real risks and reaped real rewards with [Jane Austen's] work, treating her novels not as a museum piece or as a sacred text but as a living presence whose power inspires flight. Mansfield Park is an audacious and perceptive cinematic evocation of Austen's distinctively sharp yet forgiving vision."
-- Claudia L. Johnson

Source:
Johnson, Claudia L. "Introduction." In Mansfield Park: Final Shooting Script , by Patricia Rozema. New York: Talk Miramax Books, 2000. (p. 10)