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Bride and Prejudice (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 128 Fresh: 85  Rotten:43 Average Rating: 6.1/10
 
Consensus: A colorful and energetic adaptation of Austen's classic.
 

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Rated: 12A [See Full Rating] for some sexual references.

Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins

Theatrical Release: 08-10-2004

Synopsis: From director Gurinder Chadha and the team that created “Bend It Like Beckham” comes a classic romance not just retold, but reinvented in a new globally connected world. BRIDE AND PREJUDICE puts an entirely different spin on Jane Austen’s story of spirited courtship - Bollywood-style.... From director Gurinder Chadha and the team that created “Bend It Like Beckham” comes a classic romance not just retold, but reinvented in a new globally connected world. BRIDE AND PREJUDICE puts an entirely different spin on Jane Austen’s story of spirited courtship - Bollywood-style. Music, dance and spectacle merge with love, vanity and social pressures, as Chadha transports the comic tale of a witty young woman trying to find a suitable husband to a cross-cultural setting that spans 21st century India, London and America. It all begins in a modest Indian village when the determined Mrs. Bakshi sets out to find marriage matches for her four beautiful daughters while there’s a lavish wedding party in town. Right away, the smart and headstrong Lalita (Aishwarya Rai) announces she will only marry for love, giving her mother nightmares. Then Lalita meets the wealthy American Will Darcy (Martin Henderson) and sparks immediately fly. But is it love or hate? Darcy comes off to Lalita as an arrogant California snob. Lalita looks to Darcy like a small-town Indian beauty who knows nothing of the world. Alternately enchanted by and suspicious of one another, Lalita and Darcy nearly fall prey to assumptions, gossip and a comedy of errors . . . until pride is humbled and prejudice overcome so that love can triumph. Gurinder Chadha directs BRIDE AND PREJUDICE from a script by Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges, which brings to the plot of Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” elements of high-style Bollywood romance, Hollywood songand- dance and the modern realities of international romance. The film features a cast and crew that includes both Bollywood and Hollywood talent including Indian superstar Aishwarya Rai as Lalita; rising star Martin Henderson (THE RING) as Darcy, as well as Daniel Gillies, Naveen Andrews, Namrate Shirodkar, Indira Varma, Nadira Babbar, Aunupam Kher, Meghna Kotari, Peeya Rai and Nitin Chandra Ganatra. The film is produced by Chadha and Deepak Nayar, and the executive producers are Francois Ivernal and Cameron McCracken [More]

Genre: Musicals, Romance

Starring: Martin Henderson, Aishwarya Rai, Naveen Andrews, Nitin Ganatra

Director: Gurinder Chadha
Screenwriter: Paul Mayeda Berges
Producer: Deepak Nayar
Composer: Santosh Sivan

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May 7, 2005

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  • Bride & Prejudice
  • A clash of cultures in the spirit of MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING, this modern musical retelling of Jane Austen's classic PRIDE AND PREJUDICE is a hilariously entertaining tale of one girl's unlikely search for love! Sparks immediately fly as a love/hate relationship ignites between a small-town beauty (international star Aishwarya Rai) and a wealthy American (Martin Henderson -- THE RING, TORQUE) who's visiting her modest Indian village. In a swirl of music, dance, and comic misunderstandings, these opposites continue to attract and repel each other in a riotous romance that spans three continents! Featuring Naveen Andrews (TV's LOST, THE ENGLISH PATIENT) and a memorable performance from top recording artist Ashanti -- love will eventually conquer all in this acclaimed treat from the director of BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM!
  • Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
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    65/100

    It's enjoyable, colourful, exuberant and ultimately a surprisingly faithful adaptation of a near perfect book.

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    10/20/04
    Scott Andrews
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    10/19/04
    Matthew Turner
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    Gurinder Chada's film has all the feminist clout of a giant blancmange

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    10/11/04
    James Christopher
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    4/5

    What Chadha loses in the sly subtext that made Austen's novel so compelling, she makes up for with wit and mischief.

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    09/21/04
    Stella Papamichael
    BBC
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    3/5

    Cleverly turns Jane Austen's classic story into a colourful Bollywood epic that's thoroughly good fun, even if it doesn't live up to the promise.

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    09/19/04
    Rich Cline
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    3/4

    If you want a wacky multicultural pairing to make you laugh a lot and learn a little, head for the movie theater playing Bride & Prejudice.

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    11/01/06
    CT Staff
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    10/03/06
    Joseph Proimakis
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    01/17/06
    Sydney Morning Herald
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    3.5/5

    Frothy, feel-good fun.

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    12/06/05
    Michael Dequina
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    3.5/5

    ... a funny, festive, genre-bending adaptation of Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

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    12/06/05
    Stina Chyn
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    Austen goes to Bollywood.

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    11/18/05
    Christopher Smith
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    4/5

    The Austen story is a true delight...

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    09/26/05
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    2.5/5

    Do we really need more adaptations of Pride & Prejudice?

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    09/02/05
    Kevin Carr
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    Every so often, the unseen managers of the galaxy bestow on us mere mortals a vision of rare incongruous beauty: a solar eclipse, a streaking comet, a shooting star, Bollywood goddess Aishwarya Rai happily riding a tractor.

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    08/19/05
    Jessica Winter
    Village Voice
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    Or, how to use only the worst parts of three different genres.

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    07/20/05
    David Cornelius
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    6/10

    Its weakness is its bland predictability. But for the fan of Bollywood films or old-fashioned romances, its weakness may be its strength.

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    07/05/05
    John J. Puccio
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    Bride & Prejudice is like a curry milkshake or Tandoori kippers. It's a mix that some might find appetizing, but it doesn't quite come off.

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    04/27/05
    Daniel M. Kimmel
    Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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