Most Luminous film

Rating: 9/10 (18 January 2006)

I was having one of those days where I was just fed up with everything. So I left work early, and into the quiet recesses of a darkened movie theatre to watch Pride and Prejudice, a movie that is so luminous in its every frame. Keira Knightley is perfectly cast as the assertive Lizzy Bennett, her every movement so full of expression and subtlety, you find yourself captivated by her. The contents of the plot was not known to before I saw it, nor did I have any knowledge of the kinds of books Jane Austin had written. I went into this movie with a clean slate and left feeling so full of inspiration. Even though it all feels very dated (and of course this is a period piece) the feelings between Lizzy and Mr. Darcy are very real and moving.