Reviews

This small gem of a film was extremely well-written, a delight from start to finish, and perfectly cast; in particular, the 2 leads, Keira Knightly and Matthew Macfadyen, were superb. Macfadyen made the character of Darcy far more sympathetic than in previous portrayals. In addition, the lead actors were closer in age to that of Lizzie and Darcy in the book. Although Austen purists criticize the editing and condensation of the book for this screen adaptation, the essence of the classic remains intact. I highly recommend this film and will be watching the careers of both the leads very closely; they were brilliant!

I really don't understand the mostly venomous reviews for this film. It was the most historically accurate film ever made on the subject and the acting, for the most part,was exemplary; although, I must admit it is far from my favorite performance by Quaid. But Thornton, Patric, and Wilson were tremendous; I cannot imagine anyone else playing those 3 roles as well as they did! It is a sad commentary on the preferences of our society in general when a film this good and on this type of subject does so poorly. I hate to pose this question, but could it be due to a Texas/war backlash due to our current administration and the Iraq situation? Or as a movie-going public, do we prefer to be "dumbed-down" these days? Anyway, I highly recommend this film!