Pride & Prejudice

2005 "A romance ahead of its time."

Pride & Prejudice

7.8 | 2h7m | PG | en | Drama

A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.

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7.8 | 2h7m | PG | en | Drama , Romance | More Info

Released: November. 11,2005 | Released Producted By: Universal Pictures , StudioCanal Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.prideandprejudicemovie.net/splash.html

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Cast

Keira Knightley , Matthew Macfadyen , Brenda Blethyn

Director

Nick Gottschalk

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Universal Pictures , StudioCanal

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Reviews

Fletcher Conner Joe Wright's directorial debut showcases his talent behind the camera. Pride and Prejudice is filled with beautiful shots and excellent performances. In a story that is really driven by the emotions of the characters, more so than the nitty gritty of the plot itself, the direction is given a greater importance and Joe Wright rose to the challenge.Keira Knightley gives a great performance as Elizabeth Bennet, as does Brenda Blethyn as her mother. Keilly Reilly and Judi Dench also make the most of their brief appearances. The rest of the cast also does quite well.

soranamicooper I watched this with my 6-year-old daughter and we had a great time, laughed a lot, mostly at the same things and found it very entertaining. It's a more frivolous, less faithful version, with little sense of the social repression of the time it's supposedly set in, and some of the incongruities are a bit difficult, but it's funny and there are some good performances (Tom Hollander's Mr Collins stood out for both of us for sheer comic value and we found ourselves rewinding his bits). It will inevitably meet with criticism from some Austen fans (of which I am one), but it has its niche; I would probably only watch it again under similar circumstances but would do so happily.

Mila_Marie_00 Almost not watchable. I AM a fan of Keira Knightley however, she is a silly and shallow Elizabeth Bennett! I don't know why as I've seen her be quite good in other period roles but she is TERRIBLE as Elizabeth Bennett. Makes her a very UNlikealbe character - you don't even root for her to win at the end. And Mr. Darcy in this...OMG. He literally possesses TWO emotions. Vapid and slightly less Vapid absolutely horrible. Does not inspire thoughts of romance and love! Do yourself a favor and catch the 1995 version with Colin Firth. THAT is the way it should have been done. If you can't find the 1995 version - then catch Becoming Jane - that's very good too. This version of P&P is truly not watchable - both the acting and the interpretation of the story/script are just terrible.

mad_cur To make a movie out of the well known book of Jane Austen would always be difficult. The adaptation of the book (the script) was badly done. Scenes had been altered which were highly improbable in those circles. For example: Mrs the Bourgh would never enter a home during the middle of the night to demand an explanation. Hollywood has lost their senses if they think they can alter the way people behaved in those circles in those times. The reason Jane Austen books are so famous is her detailed description of the behaviour of her characters in England during those times. To change all those things is (in my eyes) very wrong. The first scene of the ball looked like an American Saloon scene. I was horrified. The director hired some very well known actors and actresses, but most of the acting was done terribly. I got a stomach ache when I saw the scene of Elizabeth with Mr. Collins. Mr. Collins (Tom Hollander) looked like a dwarf and Elizabeth (Keira Knightly) like a giant. What the reason was for the film maker to shoot this scene this way I will never understand. Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfayden) was like a cartoon character. Matthew Macfayden played his role very badly and was never convincing. The only time he played well was during the rain scene when he got in a screaming match with Elizabeth. This scene was also a script adaptation I wasn't very keen on. I know Matthew Macfayden can act. In Ripper Street he did a great job. Here he was misplaced or maybe he felt the pain of the mishandling of the book by the script writer. He looked like he was bored during all his scenes. I can write the same lines about Donald Sutherland (Mr. Bennet). Donald either didn't believe the script or was very ill or drunk. His acting was abominable.That this movie got an Oscar nomination is beyond me. If I could have given this movie zero stars or better negative stars I would have done so. I would advise all the people who found this movie so great to watch the BBC adaptation of the book (1995) and then I want to know if they still think this movie was great.