Beautiful, romantic, and funny

Rating: 10/10 (2 July 2006)

Though not exactly like the novel, still a beautifully adapted script. Stellar performances by Brenda Blethyn, who delivers a heart warming and at times very funny performance as Mrs. Bennet. We should all have a mother that frets and cares so much for our future. Matthew MacFadyen offers up the most moving performance of Mr. Darcy I have yet seen in any performance of this story, and I've seen them all. His Mr. Darcy is human. How does one play an arrogant aristocrat and still show the audience such glimpses of vulnerability. This Mr. Darcy is the one I imagined when I read the novel. Bravo! And the Bennet family, oh the Bennet family. What a wonderful visit into the Bennet family homestead this movie offers up. The views into the family life all the perfect imperfections and laughter and tears are the jewel of this movie.