Badly Done Adaptation of Jane Austen novel

Rating: 1/10 (11 March 2006)

Although by far most of the reviews find this movie great, I found it choppy. I thought the acting was strained at best. The best acting was done by Judi Dench. I thought Donald Southerland made the father seem totally inept, a disservice to the part. To me, if one had not seen earlier versions of the movie or read the novel, they would have had a hard time following the plot. Part of the problem may lie in whoever wrote the adapted screen play. And I also found problem with the film editing. Also, there were a couple of times where the talking was done so quickly (like mumbling) and over music in the background that I could only understand one out of five words.