Better than expected

Rating: 9/10 (18 October 2005)

Pride and Prejudice is one of the greatest books I've ever read and as an adaptation, the BBC's production had a lot to deliver. In turn the film adaptation had to be even better!!
I wasn't disappointed.
I still believe that the roles were written for Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle but Keira Knightly and Matthew MacFayden were great. The BBC's production had the luxury of being able to tell the story in 6 hours where as the film could only realistically be 3.
All of the important aspects of the book were present in the film but even here there were changes. The film was generally romanticised and truly emphasised the difference between rich Mr. Darcy and Poor Elizabeth Bennet.
Some say that Pride and Prejudice isn't a love story but I disagree. I believe it is a story about the time and the society but most of all that you can't always trust your first impression and definitely a love story!
Having read the book several times and watched the BBC's adaptation I knew the ending- and yet I was still on the edge of my seat! I suppose I'm just a hopeless romantic.
I was, however, severely disappointed that the wet shirt scene didn't feature! Other than this lack of a very important scene the film adaptation is worth seeing, if only to prove that it's not as bad as you think it's going to be.