Pride and Prejudice short but fantastic!

Rating: 10/10 (26 September 2005)

I have been a fan of the book since I was 16 and was hooked to the BBC television series. When I saw the trailers I was desperate to see it, yet apprehensive too. Would Keira Knightley be a great Elizabeth... would Darcy be enigmatic and properly Darcyish?? So many things had to be cut(from the book) due to the time limits, but I think they did it amazingly well. They kept all the essential parts you would need to promote the Darcy Elizabeth relationship. Wickham did lose out, but I think that worked.
The shooting of the film brought a really new dramatic and Romantic depth, the movement was superb..as was the excess animals around the Bennets home.
The developing relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth was exhilarating. Darcy in this version was no Colin Firth, but he was wonderful all the same. As for Keira Knightley she was a superb Elizabeth, witty, proper, yet desperately human. I did come out of the cinema thinking perhaps we should all be going for long treks in the rain.
My only disapointement was at the end, that after the fathers approval (and shock) at Elizabeth's attachment, the credits roll and you don't see them get together. However, for all true fans, I suppose that is left to the imagination.
This is definitely one to see again and to own on DVD.