Austen group brand movie 'inappropriate'

An American Jane Austen group have stated that they are none too impressed with the recent movie adaptation of classic novel Pride and Prejudice.

Although the Jane Austen Society in North America had been looking forward to a special screening of the film at their annual convention, they have since decided against the idea after discovering that the picture fails to do justice to the novel, claiming that the filmmakers are more interested in sexual imagery than romance.

IMDB.com quote president Joan Klingel Ray as saying: "The film is full of sexual imagery which is totally inappropriate to Austen's novel. In one scene, a wild boar, which I assume is supposed to represent Darcy, wobbles through the farm with its sexual equipment on show."

Director Joe Wright doesn't seem too bothered by the group's dislike of his film, reportedly advising: "They can go jump in a lake."

Click here for Digital Spy's review of the "totally inappropriate" movie starring Keira Knightley and Matthew MacFayden.