Close - room for another version yet

Rating: 6/10 (19 September 2005)

Oh, yes, you definitely get the impression that Lizzie and Darcy are 'thinkers' - the reason why they are so confounded my their emotional responses. (The pride and prejudice). This version very eloquently displays the different personalities of the Bennet sisters and the way they position themselves for mating purposes. Not sure Rosamund Pike was the right choice for Jane - was she really so beautiful that she could play 'ignorance' of her beauty? I don't think so here. Keira's performance is a bit mixed but there is no harm in that as, surely, this is what makes her most authentic in the role. Judi Dench is absolutely superb as Lady Catherine and conveys in very little time the difficulty the young Lizzie will have after she commits to Darcy. Fabulous. Brenda and Donald work a dream as the much tried parents. I laughed out loud several times - a fine story well told.