Bride & Prejudice

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Bride & Prejudice

PG-13

2005

1h 50m

Romance

Comedy

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With four beautiful daughters of marrying age, Manorama (Nadira Babbar) and Chaman Bakshi (Anupam Kher) frantically seek out the perfect husbands for their children. Yet their eldest daughter, Lalita (Aishwarya Rai), is intent upon marrying at her own choosing, for love. Lalita endures a number of hopeful suitors, but the American William Darcy (Martin Henderson) seems different -- and not always in a good way. Misunderstandings, schemes and lies threaten to keep the two from true love.

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Critics Consensus

A colorful and energetic adaptation of Austen's classic.

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Will Self

London Evening Standard

There is a good film here struggling to emerge, but I would have preferred either an all-Indian Austen adaptation, or a Bollywood musical that tried to incorporate the Hindu diaspora.

Dec 26, 2017

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Jessica Winter

Village Voice

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.

Aug 19, 2005

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Steven D. Greydanus

Decent Films

As Monsoon Wedding was to Crouching Tiger, Bride and Prejudice is in a measure to, say, Rumble in the Bronx or Jackie Chan's First Strike.

Rated: B-

Mar 24, 2005

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Rachel Wagner

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Great chemistry and does a good job updating the story for modern times with great music and dance sequences

Feb 24, 2022

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Agnieszka Tennant

Christianity Today

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.

Rated: 3/4

Nov 1, 2006

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Joseph Proimakis

Movies for the Masses

full review in Greek

Rated: 2.5/5

Oct 3, 2006

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fiona p

i liked it, i thought it was cute and fun! I'm a huge fan of P&P and this had that with a slightly more rom-com/bollywood/musical vibe! My rating would probably be lower if I did not love P&P/Austen so much. Very much enjoyed the beginning. Chemistry was good enough, but weak compared to that of matthew macfayden and kiera knightley... sometimes a little too montage-heavy and slow.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/22/25

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Waniya S

I wasted my time on this. The plot was meh, there was absolutely no chemistry between any of the couple.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/28/24

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Uynga U

Lalita Bakshi looks beautiful here

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/21/24

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Bahad j

This idea of the film shooting technique director made the film more attractive to people.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/21/24

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Munkhjargal A

It is a movie where the director feels that love is not something that can be managed by a simple person. It has become a very interesting movie about the fact that he almost leaves his loved one because of a big lie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/20/24

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Fred K

Meh - the plot is thin, the romances are unconvincing, some of the characters are overdrawn. The realities of India are ignored as the characters all seem to be quite wealthy. But, if you like pretty girls and lots of big Bollywood dance numbers, it's for you.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/24/24

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Gurinder Chadha

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Aishwarya Rai

Lalita Bakshi

Martin Henderson

Will Darcy

Anupam Kher

Mr. Bakshi

Nadira Babbar

Mrs. Bakshi

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Synopsis

With four beautiful daughters of marrying age, Manorama (Nadira Babbar) and Chaman Bakshi (Anupam Kher) frantically seek out the perfect husbands for their children. Yet their eldest daughter, Lalita (Aishwarya Rai), is intent upon marrying at her own choosing, for love. Lalita endures a number of hopeful suitors, but the American William Darcy (Martin Henderson) seems different -- and not always in a good way. Misunderstandings, schemes and lies threaten to keep the two from true love.

Director: Gurinder Chadha
Producer: Gurinder Chadha, Michelle Fox, Deepak Nayar
Screenwriter: Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges, Jane Austen
Distributor: Miramax Films, Pathé Films
Production Co: Pathé Pictures, Bride Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sexual References)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 11, 2005, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 15, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.6M
Runtime: 1h 50m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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