What period is this supposed to be in?

Rating: 1/10 (9 November 2005)

I have seen photos of the movie, this newest one. I give it low points because of the utter lack of regard for it's period costumes. This is NOT Regency England! Jane Austen would not be amused... This reminds me laughingly of the MGM version of P&P that starred Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier, so this is 2 for 2 of film companies getting Regancy England so terribly wrong!
I am sure that the acting is marvelous; the cast is stellar, but the lack of true Regency period infuriates me! Too many times glitz and kitch take over and surroundings suffer because of it.
Others have taken Jane Austen and made it true. Take Emma Thompson, for instance. She got her characters, surroundings, and costumes just right. Filmdom could take a lesson from Miss Thompson's Sense and Sensibility, as well as TV's Pride and Prejudice that starred Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy, and Persuasion with Amanda Root as Anne Elliot.
All in all, I think one will prefer the 1995 television mini-series version, with it's complete story, costuming, and more of a true vision of that time. Television, when it takes on Jane Austen, seems to know who to do it right.
Pity, I was hoping for more from this newest film adaptation.