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GenreDrama & Romance
RatedPG
Runtime2 hr 9 mins
ReleasedNovember 23, 2005
StreamingSee Where to Watch
DirectorJoe Wright
StarringKeira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Brenda Blethyn
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Pride & Prejudice (2005)
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| Pride & Prejudice's Details | |
| Genre | Drama & Romance |
| Rated | PG |
| Released | 09/11/2005 (TIFF); 09/16/2005 (United Kingdom); 11/23/2005 (United States); 01/18/2006 (France) |
| Streaming | See Where to Watch on this page. |
| Running Time | 2 hr 9 mins |
| Budget | $28M (reported) |
| Box Office | Updated daily from Box Office Mojo. See the numbers below. |
| Based On | Pride and Prejudice 1813 novel by Jane Austen |
| Country | United Kingdom, United States, France |
| Language | English |
| Pride & Prejudice's Interests | |
| General | Country dances, muddy walks, handwritten letters, foggy fields at dawn, a pig wandering through the house. |
| Music | Dario Marianelli, with Jean-Yves Thibaudet on piano. Morning mist in audio form. |
| Movies | Sense and Sensibility (1995). More Austen, more sisters, more rain. |
| Television | The 1995 BBC Pride and Prejudice. Colin Firth did it first, and took six episodes. |
| Heroes | Mr. Bennet. Five daughters, one study, endless patience. |
| Pride & Prejudice's Crew | |
| Director | Joe Wright |
| Writers | Deborah Moggach |
| Producers | Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster |
| Cinematography | Roman Osin |
| Music | Dario Marianelli |
| Edited By | Paul Tothill |
| Production | Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Working Title Films, Scion Films |
| Distributed By | Focus Features (United States), Mars Distribution (France), United International Pictures (International) |
A pig strolls through the Bennet house in this Pride & Prejudice, and nobody bats an eye, which tells you how muddy Joe Wright wanted it. Purists will flinch at what’s missing. Whole subplots get squeezed, Wickham barely registers, and the score swells so often you’ll start bracing for it. Then you notice how alive it all feels. Keira Knightley plays Elizabeth as quick, proud and a little too sure of herself, laughing through scenes other versions play stiff. Matthew Macfadyen’s Darcy is less ice sculpture and more painfully shy guy who keeps saying the wrong thing. Watch his hand right after he helps her into a carriage. Donald Sutherland gets a quiet talk with his daughter that’ll flatten you. The first proposal, in pouring rain, plays like an argument wearing a confession’s clothes. It made $131.9 million worldwide on a reported $28 million. An 8.1 because it trades polish for warmth and wins. $4,343 says you flex your hand dramatically the next time someone helps you out of a car.
What works: Knightley and Macfadyen give the sparring real heat, and the whole film feels lived in, from the muddy hems to the crowded dances.
What doesn’t: Squeezing the novel into one movie flattens several subplots, and the swooning score gets laid on thick.
Who it’s for: Anyone who has ever misjudged someone at a party and spent months pretending they hadn’t.
Spoilers
After Darcy quietly saves the family from Lydia’s scandal, he proposes again in a misty field at dawn, and this time Elizabeth says yes. Mr. Bennet, once he’s convinced she truly loves him, gives his blessing through happy tears.
Late 1700s, rural England. Mrs. Bennet (Brenda Blethyn) has five daughters, no sons and one mission: get them married before the family home passes to a cousin. When rich bachelor Mr. Bingley (Simon Woods) moves into the big house nearby, eldest daughter Jane (Rosamund Pike) catches his eye fast. Her sharp-tongued sister Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) only catches an insult from his friend Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen), who is very rich and very rude about it. Mr. Bennet (Donald Sutherland) mostly hides in his study. Joe Wright directs. One hundred twenty-seven minutes of glaring across ballrooms.
Anyone willing to admit they were wrong about someone. Muddy hems welcome.
| Keira Knightley | Elizabeth Bennet |
| Matthew Macfadyen | Mr Darcy |
| Brenda Blethyn | Mrs Bennet |
| Donald Sutherland | Mr Bennet |
| Rosamund Pike | Jane Bennet |
| Jena Malone | Lydia Bennet |
| Tom Hollander | Mr Collins |
| Penelope Wilton | Mrs Gardiner |
| Judi Dench | Lady Catherine de Bourgh |
| Simon Woods | Charles Bingley |
| Carey Mulligan | Catherine "Kitty" Bennet |
| Talulah Riley | Mary Bennet |
| Rupert Friend | George Wickham |
| Kelly Reilly | Caroline Bingley |
| Tamzin Merchant | Georgiana Darcy |
| Claudie Blakley | Charlotte Lucas |
| Cornelius Booth | Colonel Fitzwilliam |
| Peter Wight | Mr Gardiner |
| Roy Holder | Mr Hill |
| Pip Torrens | Netherfield Hall Butler |
| Meg Wynn Owen | Mrs Reynolds |
| Sinead Matthews | Mrs Betsy |
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 18 October 2026 DataBot +40 Numbers refreshed: IMDb users 7.8 / 10 (384,418 votes) → 7.8 / 10 (384,469 votes).
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 17 October 2026 DataBot +480 Numbers refreshed: Worldwide box office $131.9M; Domestic box office $44.8M; Opening weekend $2.8M; Profit / loss (est.) +$24M; Rotten Tomatoes 87%; CinemaScore A−; box office chart updated; Rotten Tomatoes critics 87% (37 reviews); Metacritic 82 / 100; CinemaScore A−; IMDb users 7.8 / 10 (384,418 votes); movie.guru score 8.5.
- (cur | prev) 12:00, 17 October 2026 DataBot +2,000 Profile created from Wikipedia and Box Office Mojo: cast, crew, release dates, budget, official trailer.