(FILM) This adaptation of Jane Austen's novel is clever. A compelling argument for making visible the grime that the novel let readers infer, the film is especially good at bringing out the sordid economic subtext that modern readers need footnotes to comprehend. And how do the filmmakers sell all this intellectualized filth? Why, with the kind of dirtiness (cough, Keira Knightley, cough) that modern audiences truly understand. Pride & Prejudice is both smart and viscerally enjoyable. (See Movie Times, p. 87, for details.) ANNIE WAGNER