This movie artistically dives into the lives of the Bennett family and in particular the 5 Bennett daughters.

Rating: 2/10 (14 December 2005)

I was actually unhappy with this version of Pride and Prejudice. I am a huge fan of the British TV series that was done in the 90's. The reason for my unhappiness with this version is due to many things but mainly one aspect in particular. This is the theme that the father can "let things be and they will be fine in the end". Which in my opinion is false. It creates a very laid back position which gets the family into trouble. this was represented in the TV version I mentioned above but that version also includes the father asking for forgiveness (which is not in this version). He also declares to not let his daughters run wild to prevent disgrace (which is not in this version as well).
This movie has a very artistic theme throughout it which I found pleasant. I love most of the camera angles, although there are some scenes where your eyes are presented with such a busy scene you don't know where to look.
The acting was better than I thought it would be. I was almost board in some scenes. The shot of Elizabeth spinning on the swing was nice for the first 15 seconds but cut into more of the movie than I thought was necessary. The story suffered from the way the time was spent in other scenes. The cast was good except for Kiera who I thought was way too modern for the part of Elizabeth (not that her acting was bad because it wasn't).