Since I saw the BBC adaptation of pride & prejudice I tried to watch the movie with an open mind. However the movie failed miserably.

Rating: 1/10 (7 April 2017)

To make a movie out of the well known book of Jane Austen would always be difficult. The adaptation of the book (the script) was badly done. Scenes had been altered which were highly improbable in those circles. For example: Mrs the Bourgh would never enter a home during the middle of the night to demand an explanation. Hollywood has lost their senses if they think they can alter the way people behaved in those circles in those times. The reason Jane Austen books are so famous is her detailed description of the behaviour of her characters in England during those times. To change all those things is (in my eyes) very wrong. The first scene of the ball looked like an American Saloon scene. I was horrified.
The director hired some very well known actors and actresses, but most of the acting was done terribly. I got a stomach ache when I saw the scene of Elizabeth with Mr. Collins. Mr. Collins (Tom Hollander) looked like a dwarf and Elizabeth (Keira Knightly) like a giant. What the reason was for the film maker to shoot this scene this way I will never understand.
Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfayden) was like a cartoon character. Matthew Macfayden played his role very badly and was never convincing. The only time he played well was during the rain scene when he got in a screaming match with Elizabeth. This scene was also a script adaptation I wasn't very keen on. I know Matthew Macfayden can act. In Ripper Street he did a great job. Here he was misplaced or maybe he felt the pain of the mishandling of the book by the script writer. He looked like he was bored during all his scenes. I can write the same lines about Donald Sutherland (Mr. Bennet). Donald either didn't believe the script or was very ill or drunk. His acting was abominable.
That this movie got an Oscar nomination is beyond me. If I could have given this movie zero stars or better negative stars I would have done so. I would advise all the people who found this movie so great to watch the BBC adaptation of the book (1995) and then I want to know if they still think this movie was great.