Movie Review of "Pride and Prejudice"
Rated PG
By CK Movie Kid Jonathan Lack

It's a very long book. It's an average-length movie. But something tells me they got everything in the book into the movie, because it went on forever.

"Pride and Prejudice" is based on Jane Austin's novel of the same title, set in the 18th century about marriage between poor and rich families. So, of course, everyone has a strong accent and talks in a way that sounds like it's a different language. This isn't a bad thing all the time. Some films can pull it off. "Pride and Prejudice" can't.

I'm sure many people will like this movie, if you are older and have been reading or watching these stories your whole life. But I don't see anyone of this generation wanting to watch a movie where none of the characters talk with any emotion whatsoever.

Yes, I know it's all true to the era it is set in. I'll give the movie that. And I'm sure when the book was published, it was a hit because so many people could relate to it. But nowadays, people don't have to deal with issues like marrying people because their families need them too, or you can only be alone with a woman when you are proposing to them. The world has come a very long way since then, and it won't be like that ever again.

The other thing that annoyed me about this movie was Keira Knightly's accent. Her British accent is very strong and fairly annoying. But it's over dramatized in this and she's talking in every single scene for two hours. It gets really tedious.

I would say this movie is all right for any age to see, but kids under ten won't be able to sit through it. It's probably a better movie for adults to go to without their kids. Married couples will probably get a lot more out of it than kids.

In short, "Pride and Prejudice" reminds us a bit of 'Meet the Parents' in the end. Except we aren't laughing, and the story isn't all that interesting. (November, 2005)