The Worst Film Ever

the audience applauded

An Exercise In Nonsense

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

As an Austen adaptation this is truly awful! The characters may have taken on the names from the novel but they did not have the depth. I never thought I could not care about Mr. Darcy but in this film I didn't fall in love him. He began the film as a man who thought he was better than all those around him and at the end of the film he had barely changed. He declared his attraction to Elizabeth before the two had even really had any interaction and so i didn't feel for his internal struggle. Because of this the love aspect fell a little flaccid. I didn't believe in the passionate love that IS the book and so when the two finally get together in the end I didn't have a great sense of satisfaction. Darcy told Elizabeth all about his past with Wickham in a way that didn't really make him seem as an injured party and her reaction to the email was pathetic. She spent the next week eating ice cream and feeling depressed over a man who she didn't really know. The only time I felt that the two were getting to really know each other was at the cabin and that was right towards the end of the film leaving little room for a true romantic build up.As an adorer of love stories I'd be lying if I said I wasn't glad that the two ended up together and as a romance film it's not bad. As an Austen adaption however it's awful. It didn't warrant the title of 'Pride and Prejudice'.

Originally billed as '...a Latter Day Comedy', this version of Pride and Prejudice presents Mormon characters in a modern setting. There are the characters we all know and love - Elizabeth Bennet, Darcy, Bingley, Mr Collins. But just not in the setting we're used to.This film has had bad press amongst Austenites, and didn't really get a UK distributor, so it isn't well known here. But it is an enjoyable modern twist on the classic novel, with the plot points there, but updated. It's also short enough to be entertaining and zippy. It's no Clueless (the modern version of Emma), but it is a good attempt to move Austen to another culture.I believe however that the version available now isn't the original script and that the LDS references have been toned down somewhat - but that's no detriment, in my view, unless you're aware of them and miss their presence.

PLOT: Elizabeth Bennet is in college studying to be a writer. In between class and her job at a local bookstore, she has written her first novel The Iron Carriage. While working at the bookstore, she encounters the superior (and sexy) Will Darcy who insults her and then leaves. Despite his offensive behavior, Darcy finds himself falling for Elizabeth's quirky and spirited ways--while Elizabeth is forming a decided dislike for him. Things get worse when Darcy turns out to be one of the editors who has read Elizabeth's book--and gives his honest, and negative, opinion.From the opening shots you can tell this one is not high budget or conventional. Initially, it suffers from an overwhelming stylism with far too much bright green and pink and too many unnecessary close-ups. The acting is lukewarm, though one feels that the actors might have an opportunity to truly grow under the right direction and with a better script. This is where my beef truly lies--in the script. The brilliant characterizations that Jane Austen created, and the relationships she established are not represented for most characters--and just enough with the hero and heroine to keep Lizzy and Darcy's story alive. For those of you out there not familiar with the original you may get lost in this adaptation, as many characters are not introduced more than once. The film feels slow, stuffed with too many diversions and Latter-Day allusions which take the place of the missing characterizations and still manage to make the film feel empty.OVERALL I enjoyed the film as a frivolous romantic romp. Its strengths lie in the scenes between Lizzy and Darcy, thanks to the gorgeous and, I think, yet untapped Orlando Seale. This is a "rent it" for me, BUT see or read a version of the Austen tale first or you may get lost. I would recommend the BEST version out there--BBC's Miniseries starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth. Happy watching.

I am LDS and found this movie to be offensive. THey seem to make villains out of and/or make look stupid the people who have real faith and attend church regularly. They made heroes out of the ones who rebelled against the teachings and didn't attend church regularly breaking the covenants they made at baptism and they glorified disobeying the commandments of the Lord making it seem fun to sin.Having faith in the commandments and teachings of the Lord is not something that should be taken lightly or mocked. It isn't easy and it is even harder when you are a young impressionable teen and people make fun of you for it. This movie just shows how teens give in to peer pressure and seems to glorify giving in as okay.