This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Oh Simone Ashley, the things I watch for you (and those cute white streaks in your hair in this one).
I was looking forward to this romcom, but unfortunately, it’s just an amalgamation of cliches and tropes (exaggeratedly clumsy heroine, gay best friend with no personal life of his own, heroine claims she doesn’t want a man which we know is going to be proven wrong, etc.) That in itself would be fine if these elements were used in an…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
No historical inaccuracies and debatable adaptation choices will ever stop me from loving this movie. Hadn’t watched it in ten years and had forgotten just how genuinely hilarious and romantic it is. Wright and screenwriter Deborah Moggach definitely favour the novel’s humour over aspects like social commentary, playing up Elizabeth’s sassiness, her fun banter with Darcy, the ridiculousness of characters like Mrs Bennet and Mr Collins, and Mr Bennet’s wonderful sarcasm. There’s so many great lines and comedic moments that have…
After the screening, someone started a slow clap, and the rest of the audience burst into laughter. This perfectly sums up my experience with this film.
“Do you like girls?”
“I don’t know.”
“What about boys?”
“I think that I like … TV shows.”
Wake up, babe, new asexual icon just dropped.
