10/10

Rating: 10/10 (20 March 2006)

This is a great movie. It's the third version of Jane Austen's timeless classic I've seen (I've also seen the 1995 Colin Firth one and the 1940 Laurence Olivier one) and is by far the best. It is truer to the book in its two and a half hours than the 1995 in its four hour spectacle. The Darcy--Matthew McFayden--in this movie isn't as easy on the eyes as Colin Firth, but he grows on you. By the first proposal scene, I thought he was smoking hot! In the rain...wow, talk about ubber sexy.
Keira Knightly so deserved the Oscar nomination. I wish she had won, but we can't have our way all of the time. She captured Elizabeth's spunk to a t. Donald Sutherland as Mr. Bennet was wonderful, especially when he talks to Elizabeth after Darcy has asked for her hand. The tears..."I never thought anyone would be good enough for you." Aww... And Jane and Bingley together were excellent. Bingley was so cute...I just want to give him a hug.
Overall, a wonderful movie of a wonderful book.