Pride and Prejudice

Rating: 1/10 (31 March 2006)

I was greatly disappointed in this version in that several elements were missing. I have seen several versions of this movie from 1)Greer Garson & Sir Lawrence Olivier,2) Colin Firth and Jennifer Erle and 3) Elizabeth Garvie and David Rintoul. The second and third are by far my favorites because it stayed very close to the book which I've read twice. The version with Garson and Olivier were not as close to the book but very enjoyable. I greatly respect all of Jane Austens's literature but the newest version was quite disappointing in that they made all the Bennett girls serious. Elizabeth's character is suppose to be serious, while Jane is naive but good. Keira Knightley is character was to silly as well as the mother and sisters. Although Donald Sutherland is a very good actor this truly was not the part for him. I have seen Brenda Blethyn in much better roles. I love Dame Judi Dench but not in this role.