New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- Daisy Edgar-Jones's performance is emerging as a point of agreement in otherwise contrasting reviews of Georgia Oakley's Sense and Sensibility, as the new Jane Austen adaptation opens against the enduring reputation of Ang Lee's 1995 film.

In a review published October 15, The Seattle Times praised Edgar-Jones's Elinor Dashwood while finding the screenplay less assured. The assessment welcomed the film's performances and physical setting without suggesting it had displaced Lee's version, adapted by and starring Emma Thompson.

Oakley's film pairs Edgar-Jones with Esme Creed-Miles as Marianne, Elinor's more impulsive sister. The casting and the sisters' contrasting temperaments were central to the film's first traile...