Comments on: Pride and Prejudice (1995) – A 20th Anniversary Review

By: Autumn Topping

Autumn Topping — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 18:56:00 +0000

In reply to Karon. Thank you! And Jennifer Ehle really does hold her own opposite Colin Firth. They were so perfect together.

By: Karon

Karon — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 04:19:00 +0000

This movie was a big part of cementing my love of Jane Austen. It came out the year we studied “Pride and Prejudice” in school, and I and several other school mates fell in love with it. It’s still one of my favourite movies. Very nice review. I agree that Colin Firth is indeed wonderful. I became a fan of Jennifer Ehle from this adaptation alone because I think she is the perfect Elizabeth Bennet. She more than holds her own opposite Colin Firth.

By: Autumn Topping

Autumn Topping — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 18:40:00 +0000

In reply to Dalia. What a great story!

By: Dalia

Dalia — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 18:16:00 +0000

When I was a kid we didn’t have a TV, so the only chance we got of watching anything was in hotelrooms. Thankfully, we travelled a lot, so when I was 10 I was in a hotelroom somewhere, catching an Episode of this lovely series. I didn’t speak English, but I was fascinated and never quite forgot Jennifer Ehles face and all the costumes.
Three years later I was entering advanced English courses and we were encouraged to read English books, and one of my picks was an abbreviated version of Pride and Prejudice and I was hooked. I think it was the reason I learned English to a native-speaker level, reading Jane Austens originals.
Imagine my surprise when I googled adaptations and found the show I always had in the back of my mind was based on my favourite novel of all times!