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Related: Best streaming services UK 2026 \u2013 including Disney+, Netflix, iPlayer and Apple TV<\/a><\/p>\n The film tells the classic story of the Bennet sisters, whose parents are eager to marry them into suitably wealthy families, although they wish to wed for love.<\/p>\n Main sister Elizabeth catches the eye of multiple potential suitors, including Mr Darcy. They’re a match made in heaven, in that they’re both very judgemental of each other…<\/p>\n Due to the starry cast and aiming for a younger, mainstream audience, the film was a big hit, making $129 million at the box office off the back of a reported $28 million budget.<\/p>\n Pride & Prejudice was a big hit with critics too, sitting at 87% positive on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> from 189 reviews.<\/p>\n Alex Bailey\/Working Title\/Kobal\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n Related: Claire Foy’s “brilliant” British period drama is now available to watch in the UK<\/a> <\/p>\n It’s also got a 90% positive score from audiences, from over 25,000 viewer ratings<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Everything about this movie is perfect,” wrote one fan. “The soundtrack and cinematography are truly incredible and I will always say that this is my favourite adaption of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. It has also been my comfort movie for the last 10 years of life.”<\/p>\n “This movie is unexpectedly pleasing in every way. Classic tale of Victorian era romance, magnificently directed, and flawlessly performed by a stellar cast,” wrote another, while a third said: “Left me completely spellbound! The lovely visuals, refined camera work, elegant score that enhances every moment, spot-on casting and writing, and heartfelt performances from the entire cast.”<\/p>\n Pride & Prejudice is streaming on Netflix until 20 June.<\/p>\n Visit our Streaming Guide<\/a> now to see at a glance where you can view ALL your favourite shows and movies.<\/p>\n The new edition of Living Legends, a collector’s edition exploring the royal family, is here! Buy The Royals in newsagents or online<\/a>.<\/p>\n Joe Anderton is a freelance news writer at Digital Spy, having worked there since 2016. In his time, he’s covered a host of live events and interviewed celebrities big and small. A big fan of TV<\/a> and movies<\/a> both mainstream and obscure, Joe also enjoys video games and in particular PlayStation. Joe currently does not use Twitter, but he only ever used it to tell people to watch the film Help! I’m a Fish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix is set to remove 2005’s Pride & Prejudice, the Jane Austen adaptation starring Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[131124,133535,1105,209635,1107,93,1110,61,60,184510,1135,270,209634],"class_list":["post-487756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-collection-netflix","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-29de4dd0-94eb-4d3c-9647-45851561a1a1","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-hasproduct-true","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-gb","tag-movies","tag-shorttitle-netflix-removing-brenda-blethyns-perfect-drama-very-soon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"brenda](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/brenda-blethyn-donald-sutherland-pride-and-prejudice-698c5aba1ee7c.jpg\" "\\"Brenda")
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