I hadn't expected 2005's "Pride and Prejudice" to be so captivating as I settled in for more stuffy period melodrama than what this film actually delivers. It helps that the leads Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen are at the top of their game here and you can feel the flames of passion begin to rise only without any saccharin sweetness. In fact they start off with a certain dislike.
The rest of the cast is admirable as well as is attention to period detail.
By the time it was over it turned out to be one of my favorite romance films ever because it holds back it sentimentality just enough to suspend our belief that such grand meant-to-bes are impossible.
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