This regency romance adaptation has everything you could ask for. A daring heroine, a love interest rich in both awkward kindness and money, an embarrassing family, misunderstandings, proposals, confessions in the rain, comedy, drama, scandal, it's everything you could want in a single beautiful movie adaptation of the classic Pride and Prejudice.
There were some changes in the adaptation to allow it to be conducive for the big screen. The dialogue was altered quite a bit. A few scenes had the same wording as before, but most were modernized somewhat to allow for a modern audience to understand what was going on in the story. Another change was for pacing. Many scenes were skipped or shortened to adjust the length of the movie. In Jane Austen novels, a lot of time is spent devoted to explaining the background information, or explaining the process of travel, or the details of a social event. The movie simply left out anything it deemed too cluttering. It wound up being less nuanced, but more flowy. The cinematography was beautiful as well. The scenes in the rain, and at Elizabeth's house, and at the ball in all those rooms, the movie looked spectacular. The Bennet’s weren't as poor as the movie made them out to be, though. The house in the movie, while of a nice size, looks incredibly worn out, and there are constant references to their clothing. The Bennet’s had to be careful with money since their father spent much of it, but they weren’t poor.
I liked the movie’s portrayal of Darcy. He was cold, and awkward, and unsociable. It was both funny and endearing. The book Darcy was still a little bit of a jerk, but I think it was because you never saw him outside of what Elizabeth saw.
Pride and Prejudice was a wonderful movie adaptation and I highly recommend it.
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