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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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  • Tuesday, December 20, 2005 10:44 PM

    Drawing room comedy dragged down

    Thank you for saying what I was thinking. Just read this witty heartwarming book a few days ago and was struck with the beautiful characiture, the dry humour, the lovely insights into human frailties of the innocuous sort. Oh, and the romance. Although Fattore doesn't dwell on it, the book is plenty romantic, but smart romantic, realistic and just a tinge cynical romantic. So so ahead of its time.

    The movie made me cringe. Another beautiful girl and glowering guy showing that holywood (or whatever) can flatten out even the most lucious material into another harlequin romance. Boooooriing.

    —candypants Read candypants's other letters

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