Pride & Prejudice: A Latter-Day Comedy is an American romantic comedy. It is based on Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice. It shows the same characters and romantic lines but is set in a modern-day college town in Utah.
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Pride & Prejudice: A Latter-Day Comedy is a 2003 American romantic comedy. The film is directed by Andrew Black and targeted at teenagers and young adults. The script is an adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice. The movie is, set in a small college town in modern-day Utah. Critics have different opinions about this idea and vision. The movie “transforms its source material into a bubble, pastel-colored frolic while adhering closely to Austen’s essential themes.” Even in the modern times, the characters from the book are easy to recognize. They mostly have the same features.
The main character is a college student and bookstore clerk Elizabeth Bennet. The girl wants to focus on her career and become a famous writer. Despite the social pressure, she shrugs off any thoughts of marriage. Elizabeth rejects several young men. Handsome but haughty businessman Will Darcy is one of them. However, she fancies Jack Wickham, a good-looking playboy who jokingly proposes to her.
The four Bennet sisters from the book are portrayed as Elizabeth’s neighbors. But they are only partly alike with their prototypes. The movie has a chaotic plot with many romantic lines. Due to the film’s idea and setting, the audience’s reception was mixed. Some critics praised the film for the script and acting. Others called it a poor adaptation of a great novel. Based on user and critics reviews, it has an IMDb rating of 5.1.