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Plot.
Jane Austen's perennially popular story of the game of love among the British
upper classes returns to the screen in this polished film adaptation. The
Bennets (Brenda Blethyn and Donald Sutherland) are the parents of five
daughters near the close of the 18th century. Comfortable within their means
but well short of rich, Mr. and Mrs. Bennet are looking for suitable husbands
for their girls, and they are encouraged to learn that an eligible young
bachelor from a wealthy family, Charles Bingley (Simon Woods), has moved into
a nearby estate. Eager to see if a match can be made, the Bennets bring their
daughters Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) and Jane (Rosamund Pike) to a ball
thrown by their new neighbor to see if sparks will fly. Jane seems to like
Charles, and he appears to feel the same, but Elizabeth takes an immediate
dislike to Darcy (Matthew MacFadyen), Charles' egocentric best friend. While
Elizabeth is infatuated with military man Lt. Wickham (Rupert Friend) and
finds herself courted by William Collins (Tom Hollander), a well-meaning but
drab man of the cloth, fate causes Elizabeth and Darcy to frequently cross
paths, and while they don't care for one another, they can't stop thinking
about each other, either.