Praise and censure
Plenty of press in the wake of the premiere of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.
The Daily Mail has two reviews: Christopher Tookey raves about the film and says that Keira Knightley deserves an Oscar (psst, Chris: It’s Darcy, not D’Arcy…and we saw THE JACKET and um, well, better shut up now) and Katie Hampson thinks the film does not compare to previous versions.
Natasha Walter muses in the Guardian about Gritty RealismTM and whether it works for Austen adaptations.
Empire Online dishes the premiere bash, and Matthew Macfadyen says lovely things about that other fellow who played Darcy (and we ain’t talking Olivier):
“The curse of Mr Darcy?! I don’t know. Good for him, I mean, this will sound overly serious, but he’s one of the reasons I became an actor – I saw Tumbledown, the thing he did about the Falklands, so to be in such good company playing the role is great.”
Paul from KeiraWeb.com files his report of the premiere and his review of the film (a very enthusiastic thumbs up…and Paul, yes, P&P is very funny, as are all of Jane Austen’s books, although the Bennets aren’t really poor.)
