“Pride and Prejudice is a moderately faithful re-telling of Jane Austen’s best-known novel. […] the leads [are] played conventionally but effectively by the attractive pair of Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson […] the costumes and sets seem more at home in a late Victorian setting than in Austen’s early 19th century – but the overall effect is truthful.” Dan Jardine: Pride and Prejudice bei AllMovie (englisch)
“Hunt Stromberg and his associates have managed to turn out a film which catches the spirit and humor of Miss Austen’s novel down to the last impudent flounce of a petticoat […]. It isn’t often that a cast of such uniform perfection is assembled. Greer Garson […] stepped right out of the book […]: poised, graceful, self-contained, witty, spasmodically stubborn and as lovely as a woman can be. Laurence Olivier is Darcy, that’s all there is to it […]. We most heartily recommend this exquisite comedy.”Bosley Crowther: ‘Pride and Prejudice,’ a Delightful Comedy of Manners, Seen at the Music Hall. In: The New York Times, 9. August 1940.
“I was very unhappy with the picture. It was difficult to make Darcy into anything more than an unattractive-looking prig, and darling Greer seemed to me all wrong as Elizabeth.” Laurence Olivier zit. nach Notes auf tcm.com
“The film is something less than satisfactory entertainment, despite lavish settings, costumes, and an acting ensemble of unique talent. Olivier appears very unhappy in the role of Darcy […]. There are some good performances.” Vgl. Pride and Prejudice. In: Variety, 1940.
