First Impressions.

Rating: 9/10 (4 February 2007)

Many had regarded the novel version as Jane Austen's best work ever, and it's more or less easy to see why. I had heard about Colin Firth's near-perfect interpretation of Mr. Darcy in the BBC series and it did not really affect me much prior to watching this film.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennet (Donald Sutherland and Brenda Blethyn respectively) has five daughters - Jane, Elizabeth, Kitty, Mary and Lydia. For all of Mrs. Bennet's married lifetime, it is to find suitable husbands for all of her daughters. But for the second one Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) or Lizzie as she is affectionately known, she does not want to be married no matter what.
One day, the Bennets received news that a wealthy bachelor and his friends are coming to take up a summer residence nearby where they are residing. Naturally especially for Mrs. Bennet, this is good news. At the ball, there's Charles Bingley (Simon Woods) and his sister Caroline (Kelly Reilly) and even Bingley's friend Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfayden).
So while Mr. Bingley had been taken with the eldest Bennet daughter Jane, Lizzie does not like his friend Mr. Darcy at all. She thought he is just arrogant.
Or is it really the case?
Jane Austen's work of the same name certainly lives up to its film version. With all that beautiful setting which is so Georgian England in Jane Austen's time, it's quite a joy and delight to watch it. And given it's being a while since I first read the novel, it certainly brings back a lot of memories to me.