I think her story attracted me the most.
Same here. Considering what her mother was like, it's amazing Prudie turned out as well as she did. She didn't know who her father was (all she had was a photograph of someone who might have been him), and her mother gave her what must have been a very unstructured childhood. Her emotional needs as a child must have been severely neglected. Still, she managed to make something of herself and find a decent man to marry, though like her, he still had some growing up to do.
I liked the two different scenes at the library dinner, the first of which showed Prudie really messed up, grieving not just about her mother's death, but also about her lack of a good upbringing and serious marital problems. It was so heart-breaking. She was also very confused about being attracted to a younger, exciting and incredibly good-looking man, who was aggressively pursuing her. She managed to conquer all of her demons and a year later we see her at the next library dinner, happily married to the same man and obviously expecting a child. She even seemed to be on very good terms with Allegra, someone she clashed with at the beginning of the film. I got the sense that Prudie will be a very good mother, much better than her own mom.
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Katherina_Minola
11 years ago
Grigg. He was very sweet, I loved his relationship with his sisters. Also, it must have been quite difficult to be the only man in the group AND the only one who had never read Austen before.
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