Only for the weak hearted

Rating: 5/10 (15 January 2006)

The colors were awesome and Matthewy Macfadyen (Mr. Darcy) were fabulous. Keira Knightly was fairly good but spoke much too quickly and that mouth puckering/jaw thing she does was extremely annoying (she does this in all movies but I'll never get used to it). A&E 1995 Version versus 2005 version.....CLEARLY 1995 wins. But if you want to see a very edited version (2 hours instead of 5 hours) with dialog the author never wrote, then watch the 2005. It's fairly good but the only treasures were Judi Dench (Lady Catherine de Bourg) and Macfadyen (Darcy).haha though if he and Colin Firth (1995 Pride and Prejudice) were in competition Firth would win, hands down. On a side note, Jennifer Ehle was a MUCH better Lizzy. Oh and what was up with the singing maid? No need to focus on her at all. Also the meeting between Elizabeth and Darcy at Pemberley was very poorly done, Lizzy should have been uncomfortable but not rude, never rude. Darcy should have also stumbled on his words more and such. The 1995 version also shows him coming into Pemberley unexpectedly in a very fabulous manner. Bottom line, see it because you're a fan and you HAVE to see everything "Pride and Prejudice" but if you're a TRUE fan embrace the 5 hours masterpiece by A&E.