Pride & Prejudice
2005
**½
Director: Joe Wright
Cast: Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Donald Sutherland, Brenda Blethyn
The Bennet family would like to see all of their five girls married to wealthy men, but the second oldest daughter, Elizabeth, cannot get over her first impressions of Mr. Darcy. Joe Wright's feature debut is a boorish version of Jane Austen's wonderfully witty and understated novel. Everything here is painted with broad strokes and many of the characters end up feeling like caricatures rather than real people. This is definitely no match to the lovely 1995 TV adaptation.
