Sparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice?
Director: Joe Wright
Stars: Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Donald Sutherland, Brenda Blethyn, Judi Dench.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414387/
Watched online, good print.
Wanted to see what the Jane Austen novel was about before watching a Bollywood film loosely based on the same. This was the highest rated adaptation on IMDb.
I'm new to the story, and unfamiliar with the young members of this cast, but was able to follow the basics of the story, I think.
I was surprised to find no humor here. This is somber and anguished with no twinkle in any eye.
Probably should give it a 5.
Rated 7.8 (225,299)
Universal & more, dir. Wright; 6
Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Stars: Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Mary Boland, Edna May Oliver, Maureen O'Sullivan, Edmund Gwenn.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032943/
Watched online, ok print.
This was the next-highest rated P&P film, and definitely within my comfort zone, although I don't like GG or LO.
This cast has offers the possibility of humor, and they deliver. It also has the "youth" parts played by actors at least a decade too old, but I forgot it most of the time; the older generation appears to be the right amount older.
This does have the same basic plot elements as the '05 film, so my understanding is confirmed, and I feel ready for the Bollywood edition. (I'm particularly interested in the criticism that Indian people/customs are portrayed unfavorably.)
Rated 7.4 (6,758)
MGM, dir. Leonard; 6
