Pride & Prejudice

Rating: 8/10 (27 February 2007)

I think everyone has the potential to need a certain amount of kitsch in life. Now I'm not a person, that is generally inclined towards these kinds of movies. It depends often on little nuances in the developing and treatment of a story. And when it's done right (like here for example, there is the right amount of irony throughout the movie), I like it. This kind of romanticizing would be wrong in stories that try to be realistic or those, which are at least trying to create a close-to-life feeling. But when a film never pretends to be anything else than a fantasy, a fairytale, this romanticism can work. And here it does. Keira Knightley is a gifted actress and absolutely lovable as Lizzy (a deserved Oscar-nomination for her), while the whole ensemble plays very well. The extensive use of dramatic music is also working extremely fine. I would be thrilled to see, if director Joe Wright would be able to make another good Jane Austen adaptation, because this one is a success.