Pride & Prejudice

"Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can't be without."

2005 2h 8m EN

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★8.1TMDB · 8,999

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A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.

“Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can't be without.”

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Cast

Keira Knightley
Elizabeth Bennet
Matthew Macfadyen
Mr. Darcy
Brenda Blethyn
Mrs. Bennet
Rosamund Pike
Jane Bennet
Carey Mulligan
Kitty Bennet
Jena Malone
Lydia Bennet
Talulah Riley
Mary Bennet
Donald Sutherland
Mr. Bennet

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Joe Wright
Writers: Deborah Moggach
Languages: English
Countries: France, United Kingdom, United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.5× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 21 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: France, United Kingdom, United States of America.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Joe Wright, shot by Roman Osin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Dario Marianelli. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Paul Tothill shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen and Brenda Blethyn carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can't be without.".

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The take

Joe Wright directs. Roman Osin behind the camera. Dario Marianelli scores. Paul Tothill cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in France, United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 4.5× over at the box office.
2Released 21 years ago.
3International production across 3 countries: France, United Kingdom, United States of America.
4Directed by Joe Wright, shot by Roman Osin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Dario Marianelli. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Paul Tothill shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen and Brenda Blethyn carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can't be without.".
9IMDB entry: tt0414387 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 13 themes, including "based on novel or book", "england", "bachelor", "family relationships".
11Released under 18 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Roman Osin
Original score: Dario Marianelli
Editing: Paul Tothill
Production design: Sarah Greenwood
Costume design: Jacqueline Durran
Makeup / hair: Sarah Love
VFX supervisor: John Moffatt
Sound: Paul Hamblin
Runtime: 128 min · 2h 8m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $28,000,000
Box office: $124,604,345
Return: 445% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Pride & Prejudice (2005)

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Andres Gomez2013-11-05
★ 8/10
Good adaptation and performances from Knightley and MacFayden.
Peter McGinn2021-06-05
★ 10/10
When I watched this version of the Austen classic prior to packing the DVD away for a move, I assumed ahead of time it would stay nestled behind the Colin Firth version as my second favorite adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. Now, however, pending my watching the other version again, this might indeed be my new favorite. Not due to any major differences in acting ability or in the writing, but rather for the way it nails down the little things, the stuff I may not have noticed the first time or two I watched it. One simple example is of the portrayal of Mary, one of the servants in the Bennet household. She says hardly anything during the course of the movie, but a couple of times we follow her while she is singing as she works, and I found it utterly charming. And I think it illustrates, whether or not it was intended, that this is a pleasant house that servants did not dread to start their work days in. There is also at one of the balls a long scene of dancing that shows several of the characters who are involved in subplots going on, all within this continuous shot. It is clever, and on one website it is said the camera was left running by accident; a happy accident if you ask me. Also, a few of the scenic moments, such as one time when Elizabeth merely stares lost in thought in the middle of great beauty, are amiable natural breaks in the action. The acting is very good, of course, with this cast, but also their attitude is perfect. Brenda Blethyn excels in the thankless role of the silly mother, managing not to cross the line into looking outright ridiculous. Sutherland is — well, I will give any movie a try with him in it. Keira Knightly is, for me, astonishingly good. If you had described to me before I watched it the way, when she or her family is insulted, she looks jolted for a moment, but then with a short laugh or smile shakes it off, I would have said “Nope, that won’t work.” But it works. Her wit is sensational. I write fiction myself and always try to to feature witty female characters, and Elizabeth would fit right into my modern novels. Dame Penelope Wilton is excellent as always, and Claudia Blakey shone as Charlotte. If pressed to find at least one small fault, I could only say that I think the writers and director (and possibly Jane Austen herself) may have underestimated Mary Bennet as a character. I have always thought that more could be done with her, in every version. I am only sorry now I have to pack the DVD away for the movie, even if only for a few weeks.
Filipe Manuel Neto2023-03-14
★ 6/10
Overall, it's a good adaptation, even if it's not free of mistakes and problems. I believe that “Pride and Prejudice” is one of the most transported English novels to film and television. I've seen more than one adaptation, and each one has its merits and problems (however, it's generally agreed that the 1995 miniseries is the most perfect and canonical). This film is not as good as I would like it to be, it has several problems, but it is quite acceptable and also has positive notes to retain. Here, the story we already know so well takes place in the final years of the 18th century. From what I saw, the director wanted to do this to avoid the fashion of the Regency period, which he doesn't like, and taking advantage of the fact that Austen wrote the early version of the book around this time. Well, I can say that I share the thoughts of the director, Joe Wright, when it comes to dresses from the Regency/First French Empire period. Aesthetically, they are much less interesting than the “bridal cakes” of the pre-French Revolution period, or the wide dresses that began to be worn in the Romantic period. The idea of these dresses, which greatly emphasize the woman's chest and then fall straight down like a nightgown, is in a way imitating what the Romans and Greeks were thought to wear. Even so, there are several errors in the way the characters were dressed, arranged, combed and characterized: basically, the director ignored everything that didn't suit him. That was a mistake. The film is reasonably short for the literary work it brings, but I think it couldn't be otherwise. For the rest, the narrative is decently done, and the adaptation made to the source material is quite conscientious and tries not to cut important things. What I didn't like was the way certain characters were developed: Elizabeth became a wild girl and much less contained than would be supposed in the novel, for example. The rest, however, is quite satisfactory. The film is full of great British actors: in addition to Keira Knightley, who manages well in the role of protagonist, we also have Rosamund Pike, Brenda Blethyn, Talulah Riley, Jena Malone and Judy Dench. Each did a fairly good job in the role assigned to them. We should also appreciate the work of Matthew MacFadyen, Donald Sutherland, Simon Woods and Tom Hollander. On a technical level, the film invests a lot in good sets, convincing and well-selected shooting locations and good props. The cinematography is also good and does an excellent job throughout the film, with enviable camera work and good colors and lighting. The film also has a good soundtrack.