OK, but a waste of time remaking when compared to the BBC version

Rating: 1/10 (3 January 2008)

Whilst the film was quite good in itself, they completely misrepresented Jane Austen. They made the Bennet family look very poor, with chickens walking about, which only farm yokels would do. Ladies also always wore their hair up, unlike the film, and Keira Knightley who is very pretty looked like a beggar in her tatty clothes and wispy hair. Miss Bingley would also never wear a strappy dress, such clothing is considered undergarments. The plot is very quick moving, as is to be expected from a 2 hour adaption, and generally the character casting is reasonable, but Mr Darcy lacks prowess and handsomeness, and Brenda Bleythn has nothing on Alison Steadman. A pleasant romance worth a watch if you enjoy romantic films, but the BBC adaption is far better with not only the major characters played excellently (Hello, Colin Firth anyone?) but the minor characters all contribute to a much superior version.