A giggling Elizabeth?

Rating: 6/10 (1 December 2005)

This movie was a fairly good interpretation of Jane Austen's novel. HOWEVER. Elizabeth played by K. Knightley was a terrible mistake. While I think she is a terrific actress, she did not represent the intelligent, bright, and thoughtful Elizabeth Bennet we have all come to admire in Pride and PRejudice. She was just like all the sisters, giggling, smiling too much, licking her fingers (in a Jane Austen movie?) and displayed a harshness and a mean disposition against her mother and the captain. It is completely against her character in the novel, where Elizabeth is practical, genuine, and very different than all the other women consumed by the need for a wealthy husband, which is precisely why Darcy falls in love with her. Darcy was perfect, Jane was perfect, Mr. Bennet, however was nothing of a gentleman... If you liked the book, and the movie version with Colin Firth you will be disappointed in this version, if not, you will enjoy this romantic and fairy tale like story.