About this movie

Genres:
Romance, Drama: Language:
English: Running time:
2:08:37: Partner rating:
PG: Released:
2005

Cast & Crew

Cast

Keira Knightley Elizabeth Bennet
Talulah Riley
Rosamund Pike Jane Bennet
Jena Malone Lydia Bennet
Carey Mulligan
Donald Sutherland Mr. Bennet
Brenda Blethyn Mrs. Bennet
Matthew MacFadyen Mr. Darcy
Rupert Friend
Judi Dench Lady Catherine De Bourgh
Tom Hollander William Collins
Simon Woods
Claudie Blakley
Kelly Reilly Caroline Bingley
Penelope Wilton Mrs. Gardiner

Directors

Joe Wright

Producers

Tim Bevan
Eric Fellner
Paul Webster

Writers

Deborah Moggach

Pride & Prejudice

2:32

Trailer for Pride & Prejudice

Jane Austen's perennially popular story of the game of love among the British upper classes returns to the screen in this polished film adaptation. The Bennets (Brenda Blethyn and Donald Sutherland) are the parents of five daughters near the close of the 18th century. Comfortable within their means but well short of rich, Mr. and Mrs. Bennet are looking for suitable husbands for their girls, and they are encouraged to learn that an eligible yo... Jane Austen's perennially popular story of the game of love among the British upper classes returns to the screen in this polished film adaptation. The Bennets (Brenda Blethyn and Donald Sutherland) are the parents of five daughters near the close of the 18th century. Comfortable within their means but well short of rich, Mr. and Mrs. Bennet are looking for suitable husbands for their girls, and they are encouraged to learn that an eligible young bachelor from a wealthy family, Charles Bingley (Simon Woods), has moved into a nearby estate. Eager to see if a match can be made, the Bennets bring their daughters Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) and Jane (Rosamund Pike) to a ball thrown by their new neighbor to see if sparks will fly. Jane seems to like Charles, and he appears to feel the same, but Elizabeth takes an immediate dislike to Darcy (Matthew MacFadyen), Charles' egocentric best friend. While Elizabeth is infatuated with military man Lt. Wickham (Rupert Friend) and finds herself courted by William Collins (Tom Hollander), a well-meaning but drab man of the cloth, fate causes Elizabeth and Darcy to frequently cross paths, and while they don't care for one another, they can't stop thinking about each other, either. Pride & Prejudice also stars Jena Malone, Judi Dench, and Penelope Wilton.

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Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

85%

percent positive reviews

Angie Errigo, Empire Magazine oe Wright should be applauded for delivering a vividly realised Austen adap -- one which confirms Knightley has graduated from the Jackie Bisset of the '00s to this decade's Julie Christie. – Full review
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader It's a fitfully engaging romance, it's just not Pride and Prejudice. – Full review
Ken Tucker, New York Magazine Keira's cat-smile suggests such supernal all-knowingness that, with Austen's adapted dialogue (via Deborah Moggach) tripping off her tongue, she comes off as an eighteenth-century Maureen Dowd. – Full review
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer Dare I say that even Jane Austen herself would have delighted in the final triumph of Ms. Knightley's quick-witted Elizabeth in this film? Yes, I do, and all the highbrow and middlebrow cinephobes... – Full review
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper I just feel like I've seen this so many times. – Full review

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