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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (1995)

Posted in Movie Reviews, Pride & Prejudice on 3 Jan 2006 | 4 Comments »

Okay everybody. I just watched the first half hour of the BBC production again and I have to be honest with you all: it sucks.
The acting is terrible. Everyone recites their lines, like they’re quoting Bible verses, instead of actually acting.
Mrs Bennet is obviously a stage actress because she simply screams all her lines, and [...]

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PRIDE & PREJUDICE: Second Thoughts

Posted in Movie Reviews, Pride & Prejudice on 1 Jan 2006 | 1 Comment »

My grandmother visiting for Christmas wanted to see Pride and Prejudice so I happily offered to take her, eager myself to double-check if my initial praise for the movie was actually sane or a passing fever. But after a second critical viewing, I emphatically endorse my original review and would add that it is in [...]

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PRIDE & PREJUDICE

Posted in Movie Reviews, Pride & Prejudice on 27 Oct 2005 | 3 Comments »

I decided to take one for the team and audit the new Pride & Prejudice. I was expecting not to like it but despite myself actually found it a faithful adaptation of Austen’s novel.
Perhaps the most notable difference from previous versions is that the Bennet family is shown to be definitely lower-middle class, as [...]

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