This alternative take on Jane Austen's P and P is a worthy rental. It was a British mini-series (four parts, I believe, running at a total of 180 minutes - on one disc!). The modern-day protagonist finds herself with a John Malkovich - like door behind her bathtub through which she inadvertently trades places with Elizabeth Bennet just before Mr. Bingley moves to Netherfield.
Ms. Price is very much out of place, with her stick straight and artificially colored hair, low-rise jeans and "landing strip" pubes. (We don't see them.) But she's stuck at Longbourne, so she tries to dance the quadrille and make sure everybody stays on track and matches up as Austen intended. And it wouldn't be a show if everything didn't get messed up. Darcy is even more of a dick than in the book, Wickham is NOT a cad, Caroline Bingley is gay (closeted, and still after Darcy), and .... so much more. It's a fun one to watch. Not at all perfect, but lots of fun for Austen fans. (BTW - Hugh Bonneville and Alex Kingston are Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, and they do a fun interpretation of the famous parents.)
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