Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice (2005)

  • 86% of critics liked it
    (170 reviews)

  • 88% of users liked it
    (425,845 ratings)

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… More

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PG, 2 hr. 8 min.
Directed By
Joe Wright
Written By
Deborah Moggach
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
In Theaters
Nov 11, 2005 Wide
On DVD
Feb 28, 2006
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Critic Reviews

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

    It's a fitfully engaging romance, it's just not Pride and Prejudice.

  • 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.

  • 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 of the world be damned.

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    I just feel like I've seen this so many times.

  • Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

    As historically authentic-looking as Pride & Prejudice is, it has far more invested in emotional authenticity -- you feel engaged every moment.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • John M


    A very good movie. I will get ridiculed by my friends but this was well worth the time i spent watching it

  • Josh L


    One of the best love stories I've ever seen. If it doesn't put a joyous smile on your face by the end you might have something wrong with you. I don't think I even need to mention the superb cast and acting on display.

  • Jameson W


    This film really took me by surprise, not by how good it was, but by how much I liked it. This excellent film completely took me in and I absolutely loved it. <br/> <br/>There's really not much to say about this one. The story is great, and brilliantly adapted from… More

  • Brad W


    Pride and Prejudice is one fo the most ineteresting films I have ever seen. The plot was beautiful and interesting. The cats was amazing and Keira Knightely was great. The production was one fo the best parts, it all looked so real, so much detail was put in, I loved it. This… More

  • Bethany M


    At time it lost me as it's not my sort of film but you can't help but fall in love with Mr. Darcy. A great film!

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