Miscast, Misguided, Mistaken!

Rating: 1/10 (3 March 2006)

This is by far one of the worst adaptations of any Jane Austen novel I've ever seen...and I've seen them all. Wait! The 1986 production of Northanger Abbey was worse and maybe the 1999 version of Mansfield Park. OK, so this is the third worst film adaptation of a Jane Austen novel I've ever seen. Miscast, misguided, and mistaken this is a film for people who have never and will never read the book, or have never and will never see the brilliant 1995 version staring Colin Firth. Don't go near it if you've done either, it will leave you gnashing your teeth over Keira Knightley's grinning idiot of a performance and Matthew Macfadyen's befuddled portrayal of Darcy.ARRGH!