Pride & Prejudice 2005 by AverageMansReviews

Pride & Prejudice 2005 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is burning/cutting is less medical/animal cruelty/reference to shooting

Time to marry off my daughters: briefly; in the 18th Century England we meet the Bennett family; Mr Bennet and Mrs Bennet [Donald Sutherland and Brenda Blethyn:] Mr Bennett is the head of the house and when the time comes you may or may not give consent for his daughters to be married, while Mrs Bennett is solely focused on getting her daughter's married and speaking of one of their daughters brings me onto Elizabeth "Lizzy" Bennet [Keira Knightley:] she is a bright woman that has the mouth match, consequently it is going to be difficult to pair her with someone that is of her standing, while that was until Mr Darcy appeared; Mr Darcy [Matthew Macfadyen:] he is a very wealthy individual that owns  Pemberley a country estate and he is a very uptight person as well; this is their story.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing of this 127 minutes is broadly speaking good, but there is somewhere for a section of the film, things noticeably just drop off the pace, but it does recover for the rest of the film, it just doesn't feel like the rest of the film for a while.

Art; obviously the landscapes, scenery, wardrobe and accessories and all that are the highest qualities as they do a fantastic job of transporting their audience from our technological age, back to a much simpler life.

Comedy, character developments and performances; the vast majority of comedy lays in the dialogue exchanges such as for one example Elizabeth Bennett quickly discussing with one of her sisters; in our language did she just agreed to dance with Mr Darcy even though she really doesn't think too highly of him, which her sister reassured her that this happened or/and we have this for a recurring theme of characters trying to listen through doors to hear what is happening in the room; with sometimes the door being opened with these characters still there or they can't wait to come in; so they come in. The character developments are just following their character models as in what they should be, but it is down to this excellent assembled cast of performers that make this interpretation is found out as there is no weakling in particular I have to give a special mention to Knightley, because without her being articulate, verbally free-flowing and ever so slightly sassy this film falls apart and of course I am going to bring a Mr Bennett/Sutherland; especially in Elizabeth you can see him in her and you can see why they get along very closely, I should just point out he loves all of his children; but I have decided to award this film on reflection another mark based on the casting.

This film receives: 9/10, this film is excellent; as I was just illustrating it is very much down to the assembled cast, their high excellent performances and chemistry which is the bedrock success of this interpretation, I had the pleasure of watching this film at the cinema very recently on its 20th anniversary. Yes it has some awards accredited to its name such as 13 Winner New York Film Critics, Online NYFCO Award 2005 Best Actress Keira Knightley and Women Film Critics Circle Awards 2005 Best Ensemble Cast and 59 Nominees with also includes but not limited to Academy Awards, USA 2006 Oscar  Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Keira Knightley, Best Achievement in Art Direction Sarah Greenwood (art director) Katie Spencer (set decorator,) Best Achievement in Costume Design Jacqueline Durran and Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score Dario Marianelli