Review – Bride and Prejudice

Jane Austen gets an awkward Bollywood makeover in this musical romance. Producers would obviously love to create a movie that successfully employs the look and feel of movies made for the huge Indian market while at the same time luring audiences in the United States by shooting in English and using American and British actors. Unfortunately if this production is any indication, the two may be at least somewhat mutually incompatible. I can’t speak from the perspective of audiences in India, but as an American movie it has some problems. The musical numbers are full of pretty choreography, but they’re awkward and the lyrics are dumb. The story is sometimes hard to follow, either because the script is trying to follow Austen too closely or because it’s just ill-conceived on its own. The result is fluffy and cute but not especially satisfying. Mildly amusing