Pride & Prejudice (2005)

Pride & Prejudice rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.8/10· 368K votes

Rotten Tomatoes87%

Metacritic82%

TMDb8.053/10· 9K votes

With 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.8/10 on IMDb and 82/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Pride & Prejudice

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.

Cast of Pride & Prejudice

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  Keira Knightley

  as Elizabeth Bennet

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  Matthew Macfadyen

  as Mr. Darcy

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  Brenda Blethyn

  as Mrs. Bennet

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  Rosamund Pike

  as Jane Bennet

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  Carey Mulligan

  as Kitty Bennet

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  Jena Malone

  as Lydia Bennet

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  Talulah Riley

  as Mary Bennet

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  Donald Sutherland

  as Mr. Bennet

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  Simon Woods

  as Mr. Bingley

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  Judi Dench

  as Lady Catherine de Bourgh

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  Tom Hollander

  as Mr. Collins

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  Rupert Friend

  as Mr. Wickham

Pride & Prejudice facts

Budget

$28M

Box office

$124.6M

Our take on Pride & Prejudice

Joe Wright's 2005 romance immerses itself in the English gentry of the Georgian era, where Mr. Bennet, his overbearing wife and five daughters face an uncertain future: should he die, their home passes to a distant cousin they've never met, making advantageous marriages a matter of survival as much as the heart. The film balances sharp social observation with genuine feeling, tracing courtship, pride and misjudgment across a beautifully rendered rural world. Its pleasures are in wit, longing glances and the friction between desire and duty rather than incident. It suits viewers who love literary period drama and slow-burning romance, offering an elegant, emotionally satisfying entry into a much-loved story.