The best part about love is that it’s unpredictable and hits you when you least expect it to. You can never choose how and who you fall in love with. And that’s exactly why I love Pride and Prejudice. Also the fact, that I am a total sucker for Jane Austen’s work. And really what woman who loves to read classic romantic novels isn’t.

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This slightly modernised adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic 1813 novel explores the lives of the five Bennet sisters at the turn of the 19^th century in rural England. England being extremely class conscious at that time, women were not allowed to inherit their father’s wealth. It would infact be passed on to the next closest male relative which is why Mrs. Bennet (Brenda Blethyn), anxious mother to the Bennet sisters is desperate to marry them off into wealthy families as soon as possible. She sees a perfect opportunity when Mr. Bingley (Simon Woods), a wealthy young bachelor moves into Netherfield, a magnificent house in the neighbourhood.

At an assembly ball, Bingley accompanied by his haughty sister Caroline (Kelly Reilly) and reserved friend Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen) are introduced to the Bennet sisters. Bingley takes an instant liking to Jane Bennet (Rosamund Pike) while Elizabeth Bennet (Keira Knightley) takes an instant disliking to Mr. Darcy who she overhears describing her as “barely tolerable”. While her sister’s love flourishes, Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth continue to meet each other on various occasions that seemingly only strengthen their hatred for each other. But as the story progresses, Elizabeth is left perplexed with her own confusing thoughts wondering all along if her dislike was only a result of a hasty prejudice and maybe there’s more to Mr. Darcy afterall. Amidst the madness that follows, will they ever realize that they are meant to be…

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Now let me say that this book is hard to translate into a movie specially considering the amount of intricate character and plot details without which it would be hard to get the movie and love it like the book. But having said that, Joe Wright (Read what he had to say about the movie) has created a wonderful adaptation that is an absolute pleasure to watch.