The best Pride and Prejudice adaptation to date

Rating: 10/10 (30 January 2006)

Joe Wright creates a brilliant visual of Jane Austen's classic novel. The imagery of the film is quite breathtaking itself. The setting of the scenes range from the British countryside to the extravagant ballrooms.
The music provides the film with the sense that the story is something is bigger than the characters themselves.
Though the motion picture does not strictly follow the novel word for word, the dialog added or removed from the script gives the film a sense of originality that I have found other adaptations of the novel lack. Keira Knightley's performance makes Elizabeth Bennett appear as a woman trapped within the rigid rules of Georgian English society, which I believe Wright was vying for. Matthew MacFayden gives an astounding performance as the aloof Mr. Darcy. However, he portrays the passionate side of Mr. Darcy just as well as the arrogant.
Overall, Joe Wright's adaptation has to be my favorite of the many versions of Pride and Prejudice for its impressive visuals and for the quality of the acting.