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Why We Still Yearn for Pride and Prejudice
Joe Wright’s 2005 adaptation is filled with lovely images, but it’s all still so experiential, like we’re seeing through the characters’ eyes.
By the time Darcy emerges through the mist near the end, an apparition walking through the fields with hunky, solemn determination towards Elizabeth, we’re watching more than mere plot; we’ve entered our heroine’s mind and heart. But we also see the faux pas, and we understand that this is a world where everyone is linked in some way, where gossip and judgment travel fast and where a clumsy mistake on one poor mother’s part may well doom a daughter’s romantic fate. Even so, Wright’s 2005 film continues to stand out, for the way it captures the book’s modern sensibility without dramatically twisting its story or setting around (or bringing it into the present, a la Amy Heckerling’s admittedly delightful Clueless).
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