this film be one of the bad adaptation of pride and prejudice ever film and if jane austen be alive and she would demand that her name be remove from the film . austen novel be only superficially a story of the development of true love between elizabeth bennet and fitzwilliam darcy . it be also a commentary on the class structure of regency britain . this film focus only on the love story and thereby disappointing viewer who hop it would do justice to the novel . there be numerous problem with the historical accuracy of the film . in the film and the dance at which darcy snub elizabeth be not the refine dance do by the gentry and to which the bennet and lucas and bingley and and darcy family belong and but be rather the dancing of the low class . the gentry would not have be dance a if they be at a peasant barn dance . there be costume and hair problem and too . the custom of the period require married woman to wear white cloth hat to cover their hair and for woman to wear bonnet when outdoors . woman of the regency period be not so liberated a to forego the bonnet requirement in public . the bad historical inaccuracy be the early morning meeting of elizabeth ( in her nightgown and coat ) and mr. darcy ( sans cravat and vest ) at which they admit their love for each other . this be an unforgivable liberty with the novel . no respectable young woman or gentleman would venture out of door in such a state of undress or seek to meet someone of the opposite sex at such an early hour . but the bad thing of all with this film be the mangling of austen dialogue and the atrocious modern dialogue . austen dialogue need no assistance from a writer who think he or she can write like austen . the writer of the non austen dialogue not only lack austen talent but also have no feel for austen style . the juxtaposition of the two style be jar . a for the acting and the best be do by judi dench and who clearly understand the imperiousness of the aristocracy . brenda blethyn take some liberty in make mrs. bennet less awful than austen portrayal . her portrayal be interesting and seem to work . donald sutherland be miscast . his affected british accent be terrible and he portray mr. bennet too much a a father of the 20th century and not a father of the late 18th century . matthew macfadeyn portrayal of darcy be flat . i can not imagine anyone fall in love with his mr. darcy . keira knightly be a pretty elizabeth and but her portrayal of elizabeth bennet be far too modern . knightly focus on the elizabeth forthrightness and but her portrayal completely lack an understanding of the social more and convention of the time . she would have do well to actually read the novel before attempt to portray elizabeth and to do research on the behavior of woman of the period . if one be make a period movie and one must be true to the period . this film need an historical adviser who actually know something about the regency period . it also need a writer who have a good appreciation and understanding of austen text . i can only hope emma thompson decides to do a film of pride and prejudice in the near future to erase this abomination from our mind . the best thing that can be say about this film be that it contain many pretty scene of the english countryside . chatsworth be well use a pemberly ( a it be in the 1995 bbc adaptation ) . but pretty scenery and pretty actor can not save this film . true fan of austen will rush home to watch their dvd of the far superior 1995 bbc production with jennifer ehle and colin firth or to read austen text in order to wipe this version from their mind .