The letterboxed laserdisc image adds a bit more to the sides, and overall looks much more balanced.
Colors are fine.
Side breaks are very well timed, and there are ample chapter stops for rapid access to almost every scene in the film. Because of similar plot lines, all of the recent Austen films tend to blur into one another, but there's a lot to like in this familiar story. The cast is uniformly impeccable, and Thompson's contemporary-minded adaptation keeps things flowing smoothly, despite the stilted language and the air of English pomposity inherent in period pieces like this. There are no readers' reviews for this title. Copyright 1992-2000 Critics Inc.