An action-packed slog

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

I watched episode one. I'm not going to put myself through another episode. It was awful. Most Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice spin- offs that I have encountered have been pretty bad, but this one is quite terrible. The concept for the show is good, putting a modern day character into Austen's setting for Pride and Prejudice. Indeed, the cast of Austen's characters in this film were quite good, and I would watch it for them if I could stand the main character. But the modern day girl, Amanda, comes across as cheap and slutty. As a main character, I HATE her. If reading Austen is all about going back to a chivalrous time with great drama and romance, the main character Amanda entering this world just reminds the viewer of everything that your average Austen fan is trying to escape. It is an insult. The only reason this film got 7.5 stars is because there are some serious Austen Pride and Prejudice junkies out there who go about giving good reviews to anything that has Mr. Darcy in it.

I regret watching this show. If it weren't for curiosity I'd never have ! Except for a few scenes which I found funny; the whole series was abominably lame !! The idea of the this series was a great one, the execution however was poor. The characters just weren't themselves. The acting was okay-ish especially the woman who played Mrs. Bennet was so annoying. Bingley felt more like a pervert than a gentleman especially in the beginning and later on becomes a drunkard.Amanda, who is shown to be such a huge fan of Pride and Prejudice; claims to know everything of it by heart and loves what its all about, doesn't know how to behave once she gets inside it. And why in the world do Mr. and Mrs. Bennet believe her so easily and let her stay at their house ? Heck, they believe every stupid excuse she tells them. And it just wasn't explainable why everyone kept falling for Amanda !! I found her highly intolerable. I'm sure its a dream of every P&P fan to go inside it but I can bet no one would have behaved as stupidly as she does. And as if it wasn't painful enough having to watch her idiocy, we are then given the suffering of having to watch every man in the story fall for her. I'd expected so much more from LIA. It was a letdown, the ending to be specific, I wouldn't have mind seeing Mr. Darcy with any other woman if she'd been likable. I'd much rather Amanda has settled everything back to normal and returned to her place for good !Shameful. Its a pity I had to see this.. thing. Poor Jane Austen.

This is one of those series that could count as a guilty pleasure. It tailors to the needs of young women that look for romance as it's written in Jane Austen novels. Of course, reality (and reality in Jane Austen's time) is quite different. The series is funny, sometimes over the top. Jemima Rooper (Amanda Price) plays a character you dislike a first. I simply couldn't believe she'd be the one to upend Elizabeth Bennet. That she'd be good enough to take her place. But then suddenly you end up wanting her to win Darcy's hart.If you can suspend your disbelief for a little bit, just sit back and enjoy the show.

When I started watching these series I was interested and repulsed at the same time by the idea of someone entering the precious world of Pride and Prejudice. Then as I followed Amanda Price throughout the episodes these feelings lingered. Adding a new person to the mix here was exiting but the way she handled it made me cringe half the time. The thing she herself was so afraid of, destroying the story, really made it a painful experience for me as well. But as soon as I adapted myself to the idea and the plot turnings became more interesting (especially the ones at Pemberley and back in the real world) I finally started to have fun watching. Only to be disappointed because the story did not do anything further with these concepts. What we end up with is a twisted up, halfway there ending that neither fulfills Jane Austen purists nor those looking for a stimulating love-story.