It's just like the splash says: it's bollywood meets hollywood. The opening sequence is enough to convince anyone that this isn't your average film. It's a lot more colourful than anything I've seen from Hollywood since Moulin Rouge.

The movie is based losely on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. There's the main character Lalita Bakshi (Bollywood's current golden girl: Aishwarya Rai) who is the counterpart of Elizabeth Bennet - she meets Mr. Darcey (Martin Henderson) and has her opinion tainted of him by his pride, and as he seeks her heart, he is obstructed by her prejudice. Get it?

The beginning of the movie is fully Bollywood - which is quite enticing - but it loses its "roots" as the story progresses. There's the usual dance sequence, boy meets girl, and singing (in the English version the language they were singing in has been dubbed - it's truly horrible) and about a hundred obstacles thrown in for good measure.

The movie is quite predictable - and in some cases very annoying. It isn't very realistic. Martin Henderson did a wonderful job as Mr. Darcy, Aishwarya Rai didn't do much more but stand there and look pretty (It must be some predjudice of mine).

Bride and Prejudice is a fun movie, something for the family - for the average teenager, it'll probably have you groaning and the boys cringing. It's enjoyable to say the least - but was trying to hard to be something else that it wasn't. It doesn't decide whether to be more bollywood or hollywood, and seems to linger in between. There are some good moments, and other moments that really make you laugh. It is directed by Gurinder Chadha (Bend it like Beckham) but doesn't seem to hit the same spots.

There have been better movies, but this one is OK. My rating?

3/5 stars.