Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can't be without.
A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.
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| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Released | 16 September 2005 |
| Genre | Drama, Romance |
| Director | Joe Wright |
| Starring | Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen and Brenda Blethyn |
| Runtime | 128 min |
| Rated | PG |
| Scores | Rotten Tomatoes (average) 7.7/10 · Metacritic 82/100 · Rotten Tomatoes 87% · TMDB users 8.1/10 |
| Budget | $28 million |
| Box office | $128 million worldwide |
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| Monaco | Prime Video, Max |
| Netherlands | Netflix €9.99 |
| Norway | Viaplay 169 kr NOK |
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| Sweden | Viaplay 169 kr SEK |
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What kind of watch this is
Joe Wright’s 2005 adaptation runs 128 minutes and treats the Georgian era as a place where manners are a weapon. It captures the suffocating weight of the entailment, where a family’s survival hinges on their daughters securing wealthy husbands. The film finds its pulse in the tension between sharp wit and social necessity. It is a study in how close proximity and mutual disdain can ferment into something unrecognizable. The tagline hints at the central paradox: the person you least want to be with becomes the one you cannot be without. It is less a fluffy romance than a slow burn built on the friction of two people who are too proud to admit they are seeing each other clearly.
What the critics said
The numbers lean positive. Rotten Tomatoes gives it an 87% approval rating as of January 2026, with an average of 7.7/10. Metacritic sits at 82 out of 100, also as of January 2026. The consensus calls it fresh and enjoyable, thanks to key performances and a modern sensibility.
Skepticism lingered. The Times had long favored the 1995 serial, and some Austen purists balked at the Bennets becoming country bumpkins. The New Yorker’s critic joked that any resemblance to Miss Austen was "entirely coincidental." Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian praised Knightley’s performance, saying it "lifts the whole movie," though he found the casting slightly callow. He added that only a "necrophiliac loyalty" to the 1995 version could prevent enjoyment.
How it did with audiences
The film cost $28 million and took in $45 million in the United States, before reaching $128 million worldwide. That margin suggests a solid return, not a blockbuster miracle, but enough to keep the accountants smiling. Audiences seem to agree with the accounting. On TMDB, users rate it 8.1 out of 10.
What came next for the cast
Keira Knightley had already starred in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl in 2003, so the Regency romance sat oddly between her stints. Matthew Macfadyen moved from Enigma to a decade of capes and swords, a trajectory that feels less like a career and more like a costume department inventory. Rosamund Pike drifted from Die Another Day to a slow burn that finally exploded into a thriller. Brenda Blethyn, meanwhile, slipped into Atonement. The credits list what came next. They do not explain why.
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- “Pride & Prejudice (2005 film)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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