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Rating: 10/10 (14 November 2005)

This version of P and P is outstanding! It is difficult not to compare it with the BBC version, but I found myself doing so and enjoyed the light and fun of this take more than the thoroughness of the former. The cast is well chosen and Mr. Darcy is just as I imagined him to be. The movie is light and fun when the novel dictates, and serious and passionately moving at the proper times. The relationships between the characters are right on and the movie moves through the novel brightly. The scenery is gorgeous and the rain is romantically placed. The audience left smiling. It is a good interpretation of the novel; the author would surely approve.
-- that was my mom's comment. let me add ( : it is a truly refreshing movie and I highly recommend it! Please forget you ever saw the BBC series! They are too different to be compared. Really, 6 hours vs. 2 hours... its going to be different! Though I like the BBC series, (alot) this movie has a completely different, lighter feel. THis Mr. Darcy was so much more human! I love Colin Firth, but he was just so arrogant and unlikable. (in a likable way) This Mr. Darcy was just like he was in the book... I'm sure he read it! I am no fan of Knightly but she was as okay as she could be. I was really disappointed that they chose her for Elizabeth but she pulled it off well, in fact, just like she was in the book.(but she was WAY too skinny. its not even attractive. they would have considered her SICK in the 1800's!)that's way beside the point (: JANE IS PERFECT! the BBC Jane bothered me sooo much. I laughed every time they said she was pretty. this Jane is beautiful and just perfect. The rest of the cast was great too! the feel of the movie was so much like the book... happy and quick. - ending too soon.( : I will say that the ending of this movie bothered me. I felt like a wedding scene would have been appropriate or a simple kiss. not all that "mrs.darcy" stuff. it was uncomfortable. for those of you who aren't in the US or Canada, you didn't miss anything! that's where Keria Knightly really started to annoy me. Definitely a movie worth seeing! like I said before, please!! stop comparing it to the old one! I like them both.. it is possible to do that folks. lets not be so prejudiced!!