Pride And Prejudice (2005) 7/10

Starring : Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Tom Hollander, Rosamund Pike, Judy Dench
Director : Joe Wright
Running Time : 122 mins

When Jane Bennett (Pike ) becomes involved with a wealthy land owner, her sister Elizabeth (Knightley) finds herself continually subjected to the company of the mans friend, Mr Darcy (Macfadyen), a man who becomes increasingly grating on her, but slowly, and for no apparent reason, she starts to warm to Darcy as she discovers many of the stories about his past are either exaggerated or not true.

Stylishly this is a beautiful film, although some of the early scenes are too long and feel like they're there just to show off the setting. Knightley isn't too bad as Elizabeth, but Macfadyen's Darcy is terrible. At no point could I understand why anyone would like his personality-free character, and does nothing to endear himself to anyone and in fact just seems to get less tolerable as the movie progresses. If only his character had been played differently, this could have been a real treat.

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