This version of Jane Austen's fiercely beloved novel has the daunting task of living up not only to the classic book, but also to the excellent 1995 miniseries of the same name. Yet 2005's Pride & Prejudice is up to the task, thanks to lively pacing, a witty script, an excellent cast, and clever direction from British newcomer .. Read more
| Starring | Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland |
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| Director | Joe Wright |
| Genres | Drama |
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This version of Jane Austen's fiercely beloved novel has the daunting task of living up not only to the classic book, but also to the excellent 1995 miniseries of the same name. Yet 2005's Pride & Prejudice is up to the task, thanks to lively pacing, a witty script, an excellent cast, and clever direction from British newcomer Joe Wright. The surprisingly still-relevant story follows the five Bennet sisters as they deal with suitors and love, as their mother desperately schemes to marry them off advantageously. Sweet-tempered beauty Jane (Rosamund Pike) develops feelings for the equally amiable and extremely wealthy Mr. Bingley (Simon Woods), but forces conspire to keep them apart while Lizzie (Keira Knightley) finds herself first appalled by, but gradually drawn to, Bingley's aloof, intelligent, and socially awkward friend, Mr. Darcy (Matthew MacFayden). The movie, at just over two hours, is forced to cut and condense a number of the book's subplots, and at times it tries to heighten the drama of certain scenes. But, for the most part, it's as faithful to the spirit of the original as time and cinematic convention allow. The tremendous supporting cast includes Brenda Blethyn as Mrs. Bennet and Donald Sutherland as her wry, withdrawn husband; Jena Malone as teenage twit Lydia; Judi Dench, effortlessly haughty and imperious, as Lady Catherine de Bourg; and Tom Hollander, who steals every scene he's in as the ludicrously pompous and awkward Mr. Collins. The movie's script, adapted by Deborah Moggach, manages to be proto-feminist without becoming anachronistic and, like the novel, it is incisive about the class politics and gender inequalities of the day.
| Starring | Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Tom Hollander, Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone, Judi Dench, Claudie Blakley |
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| Director | Joe Wright |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 1 min Blu-ray: 2 hrs 7 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hebrew, Icelandic, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish Blu-ray: Cantonese, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish |
| Released | Production year: 2005 To Rent: DVD: not available Blu-ray: Unavailable for rental To Buy: DVD: 06 Feb 2006 |
Famously, film and TV adaptations of Jane Austenâs novels used often to be guilty of staid, lazy, Sunday-afternoonish... read more on Time Out
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Not remotely true to Austen, just Bridget Jones in silly dresses.
Well Wright may have made a gritty depiction of life around 1800 - as he so repeatedly and anally goes on about because of when it was written as opposed to ... read more »
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Pride and Prejudice.
I greatly enjoyed this interpretation of Jane Austin's novel. The two protagonists were exceptionally well cast and were supported by excellent supporting ... read more »
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Pride & Prejudice
The film is a classical romance. It includes great and awe inspiring music. It has a mild use of comedy set in a world of gender role's and great ... read more »
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It's not all about the book!
I watched this movie (again) right after reading the book, just to see how it compares to that. I have to admit that it makes some changes to events and ... read more »
We’ve been running this list for six years now – originally it was top ten under 25, a definition we realised was too narrow as our favourite stars got older. Funnily enough this year the youngsters are back in force – only three of our top ten, and one of the top five, are over 25. What does that mean? Well, obviously we’re not claiming that Mia Wasikowska (ranked 3 in our chart) is as big a movie star as Natalie Portman (ranked 14). And frankly I would be surprised if Read more
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