i have be an avid jane austen fan for many year . i have never see this adaptation and so when i have hear of it and i come here and read all the excellent review . on that basis i eagerly order it from netflix . what a cruel disappointment . they have take one of the most subtle and bright comic novel and make it dull . each character seem to have be deal a single facial expression and a single tone upon which to base their flat character . although this adaptation seem to have use every word that jane austen write and they appear to have be pass around to character in a random fashion . even though it be do a a miniseries and this adaptation manage to confuse and feel as rush a if it have be do a a movie of the week . mr. bennett too harsh and mrs. bennet just a chatter chipmunk and mr. darcy as lifeless a a nutcracker and the bennett girl almost indistinguishable and mr. wickham a man who no one would look twice at hardly the appeal cad . i be quite put out .