Pride & Prejudice **1/2
Cast: Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen, Donald Sutherland, Brenda Blethyn, Rosamund Pike, Simon Woods, Jena Malone, Judi Dench
Director: Joe Wright
Running Length: 2:10
MPAA Classification: PG

Elizabeth Bennett (Knightley) and Mr. Darcy (MacFadyen) do not impress each other in their first meeting. In fact, they seem alltogether unimpressed with each other. Circumstances continually force their paths to cross, and soon their opinions of each other begin to change. Things are not happily ever after though, as marriage proposals interfere with their possible relationship, but if you know the story, you know how it ends.

Yet another adaptation of Jane Austen's "Pride & Prejudice", and I am told that this is a pretty good one. The story, however, did not hold my interest. I am not a Jane Austen fan, and was probably doomed from the start to be disappointed. Keira Knightley does a good job as Lizzie though, being both playful and vulnerable. MacFayden, as Mr. Darcy, is uninspiring, but Darcy himself is kind of a jerk at times and I found him unlikeable. This is a movie I would recommend for Jane Austen fans only. I think they will enjoy the film, but others will not.