Pride and Prejudice light

Rating: 7/10 (18 January 2006)

I agree in part with other critics from this site, yes the dress was slightly wrong, yes the language was too modern at times, it didn't have the feeling of authenticity that the BBC drama had but I cant say I didn't enjoy it. I have read the book, am no expert on the period or literature but it felt that this movie put too greater class divide between Bennets and the Darcys/Bingleys. Perhaps this was caused by the unshaven appearance of Donald Sutherland, however it didn't overly upset me. The direction lead to a couple of silly scenes that were pointless and took time away from the plot. Some of the actors' didn't appear to have understood the roles they were playing, for me Lizzy giggled too much. Having said this I enjoyed it very much, and for anyone else who did, and hasn't yet experienced the TV drama and the book, I recommend they watch/read them. I thought Keira Knightly (for all her giggling) looked gorgeous in it, and Matthew Macfadyen as Darcy wasn't too bad.