{"id":2422527,"date":"2026-05-18T22:58:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T22:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2422527"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:58:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T22:58:36","slug":"the-other-bennet-sister-review-britbox-adaptation-is-pure-pleasure-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-other-bennet-sister-review-britbox-adaptation-is-pure-pleasure-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Other Bennet Sister\u2019 review: BritBox adaptation is pure pleasure | Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mary Bennet is the forgotten middle sister. The third of five daughters in Jane Austen\u2019s \u201cPride and Prejudice,\u201d she\u2019s lonely (the two older and two younger sibs have paired up), less conventionally attractive than her sisters and, in Austen\u2019s words, \u201chad neither genius nor taste; and though vanity had given her application, it had given her likewise a pedantic air and conceited manner, which would have injured a higher degree of excellence than she had reached.\u201d In other words, Mary\u2019s a bit cringe, and the book has little interest in her, noting at the end that she remained unmarried and became her mother\u2019s companion, happy to be \u201cno longer mortified by comparisons between her sisters\u2019 beauty and her own.\u201d<\/p>\n

But weep no more for Mary\u2019s fate: She is now a heroine. The delightful new BBC series \u201cThe Other Bennet Sister,\u201d based on the 2020 novel by Janice Hadlow and now streaming on BritBox, puts Mary (played superbly by Ella Bruccoleri) front and center, the star of her own story. Created by Sarah Quintrell, \u201cThe Other Bennet Sister\u201d begins with what we know from \u201cPride and Prejudice\u201d: the five unmarried sisters, led by lovely Jane (Maddie Close) and clever Elizabeth (Poppy Gilbert); the ball at Netherfield Park; the arrival of new neighbor Mr. Darcy (Victor Pilard) and awkward curate Mr. Collins (Ryan Sampson). But by the third episode, things have spun off: Mary, eager to shake free of her domineering mother (Ruth Jones), begins a new life with relatives in London \u2014 one that includes an up-and-down love story, and a perfect happy ending.<\/p>\n

Told in 10 half-hour installments, each with its own charming cliffhanger, the series is both wickedly funny (Mary is a bit of a Regency-era Bridget Jones<\/a>, with a tendency to awkwardly overshare) and genuinely moving. In a change from many adaptations of \u201cPride and Prejudice,\u201d Mrs. Bennet isn\u2019t just a well-meaning schemer but something of a monster, and you see how Mary suffers from feeling unloved. (Jones finds a wonderful balance between comedy \u2014 Mrs. Bennet\u2019s \u201cnervous complaints\u201d are legendary \u2014 and cruelty, and has a deft hand with lines like \u201cI cannot pass the man around the family like a sherry trifle.\u201d) There are plenty of nods to the cinematic Austenverse, including the obligatory wet-shirt scene (times two!), but mostly the joy in \u201cThe Other Bennet Sister\u201d comes from watching Mary slowly realize that she\u2019s responsible for her own happiness, and that it\u2019s right there waiting for her. Excuse me while I go watch this entire series again; it\u2019s pure pleasure.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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