Pride & Prejudice
Metascore
82 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 37 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 37
  3. Negative: 0 out of 37
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  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    The movie is well cast from top to bottom; like many British films, it benefits from the genius of its supporting players.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Ruthe Stein
    100
    Deliriously charming.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    100
    The appealing Knightley goes in a promising young actress and comes out a star, but the faultless cast of veterans and fresh-faced newcomers imbues every character with flawed and immensely appealing humanity.
  4. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Claudia Puig
    100
    This Pride & Prejudice is a stellar adaptation, bewitching the viewer completely and incandescently with an exquisite blend of emotion and wit.
  5. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    100
    Jane Austen's novel has been rejiggered into a jaunty romantic comedy that leaves us as incandescently happy as its characters.
  6. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    100
    Keira Knightley, in a witty, vibrant, altogether superb performance, plays Lizzie's sparky, questing nature as a matter of the deepest personal sacrifice.
  7. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    100
    In the end, the finest achievement of Wright's movie is that it fully captures what Martin Amis, writing on Pride and Prejudice, said of Austen: "Money is a vital substance in her world; the moment you enter it you feel the frank horror of moneylessness, as intense as the tacit horror of spinsterhood." All that, and a great love story, too.
  8. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Stephanie Zacharek
    100
    Blissful, blazingly intelligent adaptation.
  9. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Robert Wilonsky
    90
    There's something more REAL about this version, more human, more lived-in; though their words may have been penned 200 years ago, when Austen was a young woman writing about her idealized self, this cast and crew nudge the material into the now.
  10. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Carina Chocano
    90
    With outstanding performances, including a turn by Judi Dench as the evil Lady Catherine de Bourg, Pride & Prejudice is a joy from start to finish.
  11. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    90
    Gathers you up on its white horse and gallops off into the sunset. Along the way, it serves a continuing banquet of high-end comfort food perfectly cooked and seasoned to Anglophilic tastes.
  12. Newsweek
    Reviewed by: David Ansen
    90
    Indoors, it's Jane Austen. Outdoors, this red-blooded, exuberantly romantic version of Pride and Prejudice plays more like Emily Brontë. Purists may object, but most will find this love story irresistible.
  13. Slate
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    90
    This Pride & Prejudice (ampersand and all) a joy to behold.
  14. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Steve Davis
    89
    This fresh adaptation shakes the dust off Jane Austen's early 19th-century novel of manners and gives it a good airing out. The result is a witty and lovesick skirmish of the sexes that exceeds all expectations.
  15. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Phillips
    88
    At the end, director Wright wraps the whole thing up with a fairy-tale coda more Shakespearean than Austen-tine. Yet it all works.
  16. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    88
    Seeing the splendid new version of Pride & Prejudice can be hazardous to your health: There's a very real danger of swooning.
  17. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Carrie Rickey
    88
    Whatever number it is chronologically on the P&P parade, Wright's film ranks first in verve. Quite simply, it is the essential P&P.
  18. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    88
    Of Austen's novels, none is more beloved than this one, so it's good to see it once again brought to the screen with the pride which it deserves.
  19. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Debera Carlton Harrell
    83
    It is historically evocative, visually transporting and an exuberant romantic comedy that adheres to its source while spinning its own artful energy.

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8.8 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 424 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 93 out of 125
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 125
  3. Negative: 25 out of 125
  1. Farley
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. This is the best adapted screenplay that i've ever seen, it even surpass the novel, i think. Keira's performance is perfect, every movement shows Elizabeth's archness and thoughtfulness. Just like Atonement, Pride & Prejudice is a typical Joe Wright's film, delicate and creative.… Full Review »
  2. RegOz
    10
    I loved it! It is beautifully done, great performances, and it was never dull! The art direction was outstanding and the script delightful! Darcy and Mr. Bingley are my favourites characters for they were soo real...! Keira did great as Lizzie! An amazing film! !… Full Review »
  3. Greatbeallo
    10
    A great Reader's Digest version of the classic tale. The cinematography is astoundingly beautiful. The cast is great, especially Knightly, who in my opinion really captures the character of Elisabeth Bennett. So good.… Full Review »
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