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Summary: A Movie of All Ages!
Review: During my college years here in Samoa, English Language & Literature was and still is a compulsory subject at our schools. In my 5th Form year (or O Level in the British system of education) we had two novels to study and one of these was Pride & Prejudice, and at 16 years old then, the size of the book with its fine print looked daunting indeed. But, I fell in love with the book from then on and still have in my possession the same copy (quite tattered now) from my college years. This movie adaptation of Jane Austen's novel is the BEST I have seen and has become a classic in our family. The movie script is so true to the novel that I studied so many years ago, with its clever use of language and the nuances of how women in those days were no more than chattels to be married off to the right man, and so cleverly captured and portrayed by the 2 main characters Lizzy & Darcy! Mr Colins made me want to throw up then and the movie character does just that to me! The 3 younger sisters who I thought then, as a 16 year-old, were such airheads and generally typical of 16 year-olds (! ) also registered the same emotions and impressions from the movie. And beautiful Jane who I had wanted to shake for being ever so nice and mousy in character is the same in the movie! And so on.... In short, the same feelings evoked by the book in a 16 year-old are all recaptured and some... in this beautiful movie adaptation of Jane Austen's gem. Very rarely have I seen a movie adaptation that captures the essence of the author's work like this beauty. A MUST SEE for ALL AGES!
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Summary: The best movie ever made!
Review: Buy it now! Rated G, WONDERFUL!
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Summary: My favorite movie!
Review: This British mini-series is one of the best I have seen. The acting and character development was superb! This romance was well done and not only I, but my husband thoroughly enjoyed watching it. The scenery, wardrobe and choice of actors/actresses made this movie very enjoyable. I would highly recommend owning this production.
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Summary: Fantastic Romantic Comedy
Review: It has it all, drama, romance, and comedy. One of the outstanding British mini-series of all time. The scenery both inside and out is fantastic. The acting is superb. It is interesting that although it is a romantic comedy, there is a tension building to many small climaxes and then to one fantastic ending that anyone who loves the British genre will enjoy.
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Summary: Nice feature, shame about the DVD
Review: Others here have said all there is to say about the content but we were very disappointed with the picture quality, given the sumptious nature of the production. Amazingly, a P&P DVD is not available in the UK and I ordered this version hoping to use it as a DVD showcase gift to my wife. Our TV is NTSC-compatible, with region 1 films looking great. However, the PAL/NTSC transfer is so poor that our VHS tapes look better! A shame when the production is almost as much a visual treat as it is a literary one.
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Summary: BEST MOVIE AND LITERARY ADAPTATION WE HAVE EVER SEEN!
Review: We can't even express in words how much this WONDERFUL and BEAUTIFUL movie has affected us. We LOVE some of A&E's other Great productions, but once we finally had the chance to see A&E's Pride and Prejudice, we Couldn't Help Ourselves! We have watched it SO many times, and just LOVE it MORE and MORE each time. We have taped it, bought the six video boxed set, the DVD, and the musical movie soundtrack CD. We saw two other movie versions of Pride and Prejudice that are Good, but A&E's production OUTSHINES them both. EVERYTHING in this movie is SUPERB: the cast and the GREAT Chemistry between them, the Beautiful music, dances, scenery, costumes, dialogue, and the attention to details. This movie truly brings the Genius of Jane Austen to LIFE! It gives us CHILLS every time we watch it! We have seen ALL the other movie adaptations of Jane Austen's Great masterpieces including the newest one, Mansfield Park, which we saw two weeks ago. They were All EXCELLENT, but Pride and Prejudice is still the ABSOLUTE BEST!
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Summary: Very good, but certainly not "perfect"
Review: As someone who has just enjoyed a Pride and Prejudice binge (in this last month I have re-watched the Elizabeth Garvie version, watched this production for the first time, and just finished the book last night), I find this production very good, but falling short of the fabulous reviews that it has gotten on this site. But, to be fair, I'll begin by singing its praises. This production does accurately capture the feel of the book, and the liberties it has taken are all reasonable, and generally add to the film. The locations are beautiful, and the large budget was put to very good use. Jennifer Ehle is quite good as Lizzy, and Colin Firth really is spectacular as Darcy (if I were a girl I'm sure that I'd have as big a crush on him as so many of the following reviewers seem to have). Firth plays all of Darcy's nuances and subtleties phenonimally. This film also has the best renditions of Lydia and Wickham, and whomever plays them are perfect. But, as I said, this version is far from perfect. The first thing that struck me was how badly the Bennet girls were cast by physical appearance. Susannah Hawker is very attractive, but is simply not the stunner that Jane is supposed to be. Jennifer Ehle, though very good looking, has amazingly squinty eyes, which is unfortunate for an actress playing character whose only noted characteristic are her "fine eyes." (Then again, no one will EVER be able to live up to Elizabeth Garvie as Lizzy: Garvie had it just perfect and - saying this a an eighteen-year-old college-freshman guy - she is ten times more attractive! Her beautiful - and may I add, OPEN - eyes cause me to simply melt. I must confess to a having a slight crush on her.) And, even more startling on the subject of physical casting is the actress cast as Charlotte Lucas - she's not plain at all! Though I admit that this is at some level unimportant, it does rather jump out at you. Other characters are badly cast (in other senses - not just physical): Bingly looks amiable but vacant, Mr. Bennet is not quite funny enough, and Mr. Collins seems almost sinister at times! Changing subjects, one would think that a five-to-six hour version of P&P would be able to use all of the wonderful dialogue in the book, but some how, many of the great lines are lost or horribly butchered. The DVD is also featureless, and having the opening and closing credits every hour is unbelievably irritating. Over all, though, I do recommend seeing this production, and on the whole it is quite good. However, please watch the Elizabeth Garvie version if you have not: the sets might be wretched, but it is much more faithful to the script, Mr. Collins, Bennet and Bingly are much better, as is Mrs. Bennet, and Elizabeth Garvie just shines.
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Summary: I would give it 3 1/2 if I could...
Review: I enjoyed this version of Pride and Prejudice a great deal, but it suffers from the common BBC failing of protraying every excruciating detail of the book (plus a few created by the director) until the last 15 minutes, when it seems to realize that time is almost up. Nearly two chapters of Elizabeth and Darcy are condensed into less than five minutes. A lot of wonderful dialogue is left out, such as the part where Lizzie asks Darcy how he began to fall in love with her. Several extraneous scenes, such as Darcy's swim in the pond (in my opinion, entirely out of character), could have been omitted, and more time given to what Austen wrote. Overall, the casting was appropriate; I enjoyed the performances of the leads. It did seem, however, that most of the extraneous scenes involving Firth, such as the bathtub scene, the fencing, and the swim, were added to exploit his sex appeal and had little to do with the development of the plot. Although this is a fun film, it has some weaknesses as an adaptation. I would have preferred to rate it at about 3 1/2, but decided it was closer to a four than a three. It is a charming, beautifully produced film, but I could not watch it often. It does not capture the spirit of Austen's novel as well as some other recent Austen adaptations have.
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Summary: pride and prejudice -DVD
Review: I have the VHS tape and the DVD. I love this BBC series. I would rate the story, actors, screenplay, and direction as 5 stars on VHS. As a DVD version, I was not very happy. I hoped the picture quality was better. There were no additional features (i.e...added or behind the scene clips), sub-titles or wide screen that are some features found to be advantagous to DVD.
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Summary: Brilliant, Flawless
Review: This film encapsules the full beauty and depth of Austen's novel with brilliant and flawless acting and cinematography. Movies don't get better than this.
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