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Wednesday, December 21, 2005 12:00 AM

Pride and pathetic

It's heartwarming! It's romantic! Poor Jane Austen must be rolling in her grave over the new film of her great novel.
By Gina Fattore

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  • Wednesday, December 21, 2005 12:33 PM

    I loathe romantic comedy and adore Jane Austin

    A and E presented a very nice adaptation of Pride and Predjudice in the 90's. Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth were perfectly cast. But I guess it was not sexy enough for Hollywood. I have a theory that it is men who are really the ones who go for the overtly romantic shmaltz not women. This movie may go far in promoting this hypothesis.

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