Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

melrosemyself I watched episode one. I'm not going to put myself through another episode. It was awful. Most Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice spin- offs that I have encountered have been pretty bad, but this one is quite terrible. The concept for the show is good, putting a modern day character into Austen's setting for Pride and Prejudice. Indeed, the cast of Austen's characters in this film were quite good, and I would watch it for them if I could stand the main character. But the modern day girl, Amanda, comes across as cheap and slutty. As a main character, I HATE her. If reading Austen is all about going back to a chivalrous time with great drama and romance, the main character Amanda entering this world just reminds the viewer of everything that your average Austen fan is trying to escape. It is an insult. The only reason this film got 7.5 stars is because there are some serious Austen Pride and Prejudice junkies out there who go about giving good reviews to anything that has Mr. Darcy in it.

Katherina_Minola Well! I can see why some Austen fans did not like this mini-series (four episodes), because it totally plays around with the storyline of one of Britain's best-loved books. Although I do love P&P, I did find this series amusing, and thought it was, in the main, cleverly done. Jemima Rooper plays Amanda, who captured that 'fish out of water' feeling very well. Elliot Cowan certainly looked perfect for Darcy, and portrayed Darcy's discomfort and awkwardness in social situations. Morven Christie and Tom Mison played Jane Bennet and Charles Bingley respectively – although in this series, Jane ends up married to the odious Mr Collins (much to Amanda's – and Jane's – horror), and both were very much how I imagined the characters to be. However, the stand-out turns for me were from Alex Kingston, who was brilliant as the fussy, silly Mrs Bennet, and Hugh Bonneville as her long-suffering and infinitely more sensible husband. Both of these brought a lot of humour to the series, with Kingston stealing most of her scenes. Gemma Arterton played Lizzie Bennet, but only appeared in two episodes of the series, and in one of those, her appearance was a brief one. It's a shame, because I could really see her as Lizzie, and did feel that I would have liked to have seen more of her coping in modern day London – which is where she is while Amanda is at the Bennets' house – somehow the lack of Lizzie in London feels like a missed opportunity.Chaos and laughter ensue as Darcy starts to fall for Amanda – as indeed does one other surprising character – and Wickham, far from being the dastardly charmer which he is in Austen's book, actually seems to be quite a lovely guy (helped by a charismatic performance from Tom Riley).I intended to watch one episode per week, but ended up watching the second, third and fourth episodes in one chunk, because I really wanted to see what happened. My only complaint is with the ending of the series. I won't say too much because to do so would be to give away big spoilers, but the final few minutes of the last episode did not turn out the way I either expected or wanted them to. But apart from that, the series was thoroughly entertaining, sweet, and funny. I would suggest that it is better to know the basic storyline of P&P before watching, because comparing what is supposed to happen, with what actually does happen, is part of the fun, but I would still say that it would be enjoyable to anyone who likes a bit of offbeat comedy.

koh-i-noor1410 After seeing the trailer I was very excited. Everything that is connected to Jane Austen and her novels will raise an interest. But as much as Jane Austen's book club succeeded in creating a link between our time and Victorian age this TV show as failed.The main character, Miss Amanda Price introduces herself as wanting to live in that time, but when she actually gets there she is vulgar, out of place and does everything wrong. That could be accepted since she had received no education but the worst comes when Pride and Prejudice main characters behave completely OFF character! Jane is no longer the good girl who hides her feeling who sees good in everybody instead she goes and cries in front of people during society gathering?? And it's just one example. Everything is wrong. The person who wrote this script clearly doesn't understand the rules of behaving in society and completely destroyed the spirit and what made Pride and Prejudice so special. It ruined it all and the plot therefore becomes really poor. A shame and a pity for it could have been a good idea.I am going to watch Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth as Mister Darcy right now in order to completely forget about this show.

Amy Adler Amanda Price (Jemima Rooper) is a typical British twenty-something. She has a steady but unimaginative boyfriend and an it-pays-my-bills kind of job. But, what she really longs for is a great love and a worthwhile life, like the one of her most admired heroine, Elizabeth Bennett of the fictional Pride and Prejudice. She deeply loves Jane Austen, Mr. Darcy and the Georgian manners of 200 years hence. So, one day, after she receives the most unsophisticated of marriage proposals from her fellow, she retreats to her room to think. There, unbelievably, is Miss Lizzie Bennett herself, who leads Amanda through a wardrobe and into the gardens of Longbourne, home to the Bennetts. Once there, Lizzie closes the door and there is no going back. Now, Amanda is living with the other four Bennett daughters and Lizzie is in 21st century London. As it appears, Mr. Bingley has just moved into Netherfield Hall with his sister, Caroline and Mr. Darcy, mimicking the start of the novel. Therefore, Amanda is confident that she will be privy to her favorite book's events. Not so! Her arrival as an outsider seems to work havoc, for Mr. Bingley seems more interested in Amanda than in Jane Bennett, his future fiancée, and it is Mr. Collins, instead, who succeeds in attracting the lovely Jane, leaving Charlotte Lucas in tears. Mr. Darcy is sour and prickly, more so than even the book allows, and he seems totally uninterested in love. How can Amanda set things right and make it back to her own century, too? This is a nice take on Jane Austen's beloved book, P and P, and its much-loved characters. The lesson learned is that we may envy the happily ever after of books but its not reality and it may not satisfy real people. Or does it? That said, it is such fun to see, as Amanda does, Austen's memorable cast fall for the wrong people and set off a delightful, unexpected mayhem. Eliciting sighs, too, is the gorgeous scenery, costuming, and photography while the script-direction are clever and lively. Therefore, if you are an Austen fan, which may well include nearly everyone, you will be glad to embrace this new companion piece.