Mansfield Park is such a close-to-home and simple novel. It all pretty much takes place in the Mansfield Park building and it is about the simple relationships between one family. It probably then doesn't require a 4.5 hour long adaptation, but you can rest assured then that there is nothing left out of this version, it is as thorough as an adaptation can get. I think the simple story is much better suited to a 90 minute+ film. But this was good to watch to get the definite Mansfield Park on screen. It is slow thanks to the low budget TV production of the time, as well as the slow nature of the story (there is no action packed drama or excitement here). But all round I enjoyed it and thought the casting was pretty good and I had a genuine sense of pleasantness as the story concluded in its happy way. Only Jane Austen enthusiasts are likely going to hunt this out and watch it. Most people are probably better off with the 1999 film. But this one is certainly more charming and has better characters. The 2007 one is rushed and 2D.