Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Aug 25 '08
Pros: Cinematography; creative visuals that lend fluidity to narrative; Macfadyen; Woods
Cons: Pacing; odd interpretations of key roles (especially Mr. and Mrs. Bennet); overwrought romantic tone
Summary: Charlotte Bronte and Jane Austen never met. They're both now remembered as great English novelists who created complex heroines, but if you put them side by side on a time line you would see that they just barely overlap. Austen died in 1817, a year ... read more
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Mar 11 '07
Pros: Tastes great
Cons: Less filling
Summary: The 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice starring Keira Knightley, is the latest in a long string of attempts to bring Jane Austen's 1811 classic love story to the screen. Charles Dickens may well have been reviewing this movie when he wrote, "It ... read more
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Jan 18 '07
Pros: Outstanding screenplay - masterful direction - painstaking, sublime production/cinematography - magnificent performances - dropdead gorgeous
Cons: not a one
Summary: OK. Had a few of these to get off my chest from recent outings to the picture show. Thinking about how good Children of Men was I was reminded of “Pride and Prejudice” and just had to say something. It’s ... read more
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Dec 13 '06
Pros: nice cinematography, beautiful scenery, great acting from supporting roles
Cons: Lack of chemistry between leads, lack of emphasis on romance and comedy
Summary: Pride and Prejudice is my favorite Jane Austen book. I have read most of her major works and have always found that it is the story of Elizabeth and her Mr. Darcy that draws me time and time again. I have watched other adaptations of Jane Austen movies ... read more
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Oct 18 '06
Pros: Definitely the handsome Matthew Macfadyen, the setting, the music, everything.
Cons: none that I can think of.
Summary: Do you believe in love at first sight? Well that’s exactly what happened the first time I watched this movie- I was completely blown away by the drama and emotion in this movie, and fell in love with each and every character. Originally ... read more
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May 28 '06
Pros: it's pretty
Cons: costuming, direction, dialogue, writing, energy
Summary: I have mostly avoided watching this treatment of Pride & Prejudice for fear of what evil butchery that might have been done to it. Mind you, I'm a fan of the book and the 1995 mini-series, which is a nigh unreachable benchmark. I don't know so much ... read more
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May 04 '06
Pros: The story's still beautiful...
Cons: ...even when it's not presented properly.
Summary: I debated with myself for a long time about whether or not to watch the latest film version of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. I’m often hesitant to watch adaptations of my favorite books, but this one especially, since I thought it had ... read more
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Mar 19 '06
Pros: Donald Sutherland, the locations, artistic details.
Cons: The pace. Too much story packed into two hours.
Summary: Recently I had the opportunity to sit through this film about three times on a very long flight. Having been a fan of Jane Austen's work ever since I was an impressionable young teen, I was looking forward to taking in this adaptation of what is probably ... read more
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Mar 09 '06
Pros: source material, Sutherland, nice looking, decent overall
Cons: pales in comparison to Emma Thompson's Sense and Sensibility
Summary: A few years back, I was introduced to the Jane Austen classic Sense
and Sensibility. It quickly became one of my favorite books, and Emma Thompson’s masterful adaptation one of my favorite movies. My ... read more
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Jan 19 '06
Pros: EXCEPTIONAL CASTING, BEAUTIFUL MUSIC, AND SCENERY
Cons: COULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE LONGER TO ALLOW THE MORE DETAIL IN THE FILM.
Summary: AFTER READING P AND P AND WATCHING THE 1985 AND 1995 VERSIONS, I THOUGHT MATTHEW AND KEIRA DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB MAKING THE MOVIE ROMANCE WORK .... I THOUGHT MATTHEW DID AN EXCELLENT JOB AS MR DARCY.... COLIN WAS GOOD, BUT SOOOOOOO WAS MATT. MADE ME ... read more
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Dec 27 '05
Pros: Good supporting cast, hits most of the important character-development scenes.
Cons: Leads competent but mis-cast. Social commentary lacking. Sexual chemistry absent.
Summary: This "yet another" adaptation's biggest accomplishment is coming in at just about 2 hours. It does okay but misses enough of the key notes to leave the end product tepid and without real passion. I don't think anyone will be falling in love with this ... read more
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Dec 17 '05
Pros: smart, sexy, deep, exciting and brilliant acting
Cons: nothing
Summary: On Thanksgiving my cousin and i went and saw pride and prejudice. she had read the book and i hadn't. she did say that it was about a girl whose family was trying to get her married but she was smarter than the game they were all playing. After the short ... read more
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Dec 17 '05
Pros: Keira Knightley's performance; wonderful cinematography; Emotional depth not usually found in romances
Cons: The screenplay goes soft in the development of a few characters
Summary: This movie was surprising. Surprising in that it surpassed the expectations I had for it. I expected the movie to be simply a "chick flick" with little emotional depth. I am not so proud as to refuse to admit I was wrong. Pride and Prejudice was ... read more
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Dec 08 '05
Pros: Performances. Direction. Cinematography. Wit.
Cons: Rough ending.
Summary: A friend and I indulged in some coffee after viewing Pride & Prejudice. We discussed how she'd told her ex-boyfriend, "We were never in love, it was all fake, what you were feeling wasn't real." Hours before that, I would have said, "Eh. Big ... read more
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Dec 04 '05
Pros: Family-friendly, won't insult, pace moves well.
Cons: Doesn't do the story justice. Butchers the characters and cuts important plot lines.
Summary: I hadn't viewed the P&P BBC production until 2004 and I was blown-away by that version. So I was eager to see what all the hype was about for the movie. After all, a movie has a huge budget, isn't constrained by television production schedules, etc. ... read more
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