misses the point completely!

Rating: 3/10 (6 January 2007)

This production misses the point of the novel completely- Jane Austen is all about dialogue- wit and formality- both of which are completely lacking in this film. The stunning scenery took up screen time which would have been much better spent on more dialogue- (which is not a distortion of Austen!) The film was just ticking the boxes for cinematography instead of being about the characters.
Kiera Knightley worked well with her limited script and I think a lot of the characters looked much more the age they were meant to than in the 1995 one- but overall it does the novel no justice.
The complete lack of etiquette, politeness and formality was cringing. Its ridiculous as well to have important scene like the Darcy's proposal set in such informal settings which would never have taken place- it the language from the book had been used there would be no need for romantic settings.