Mesmerising and Beautiful

Rating: 8/10 (9 September 2005)

Having never seen the BBC 1995 Mini-TV Series I went to see Pride & Prejudice with open eyes, not sure what to expect and wondering whether Matthew MacFayden could pull off the great Mr. Darcy.
The opening of the film was a little disappointing, and it takes awhile for the dialogue, and the flow of the film to get going, but once it's started the film takes your breath away. Some of the camera-work and the shots are at times questionable, I'm sure Joe Wright's intent was to have the characters faces completely obscured by sunlight, but it doesn't really work. The locations are stunning however, and the film looks beautiful
Keira Knightley puts in a fantastic performance, and Matthew MacFayden really comes into his own in the last half hour of the film, as he reveals the "real" Mr. Darcy.
I'm going have to go and see the film again once it's on General Release again, I'm not sure how easy it'll be to stomach it the second time around.
Overall, 8 out of 10 though!