A transcendental experience

Rating: 10/10 (28 November 2005)

This movie had me laughing, crying and feeling just everything in between. The chemistry between Matthew Macfadyen and Keira Knightley is extraordinary, more, in my opinion, than the famous Jennifer Ehrle/Colin Firth duo, parts of which I re-watched when I came home. You can feel and see this Darcy struggle with his own arrogance and then his emerging feelings. Most other Darcys have been less accessible and this one hits just the right note so you can go along with Elizabeth from feeling angry and insulted to the natural progression of her feelings as she realizes the depths of this man. It is so wonderful to see an incredibly sexy scene without any groping or clothing removal, and yet sexier than anything I've seen involving nudity. The screen fairly crackles with the undercurrent! Keira Knightley is such a delight, making us feel everything she's feeling. The supporting cast, as always in British movies, is first class. Donald Sutherland and Brenda Blethyn are the best Bennet parents I've ever seen. A movie I will buy when it comes out on DVD and watch over and over again.