Apparently you can ruin Jane Austen

Rating: 1/10 (14 June 2006)

I was willing to give this new Pride & Prejudice a chance, after all it's one of my favorite books, but I was thoroughly disappointed by this version. Keira Knightly lacked the intelligent spark that makes Elizabeth Bennet one of the greatest characters in literature and instead became a tomboy without extraordinary personality. The Mr. Darcy became a man who was so gosh-darn shy and so gosh-darn boring instead of proud and awkward with emotions. The rest of the cast is pretty good and the cinematography was beautiful, but the two leads made the film painful. If you want a mindless romantic-comedy, I guess this would do it for you, but this film lacks the passion and intelligence of true Jane Austen.