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Persuasion

PG 2022 1h 49m Romance Drama TRAILER for Persuasion: Trailer 1 List
30% Tomatometer 138 Reviews 73% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings
Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is a nonconforming woman with modern sensibilities. When Frederick Wentworth--the dashing one she let get away--crashes back into her life, Anne must choose between putting the past behind her or listening to her heart when it comes to second chances. Adapted from the Jane Austen novel. Read More Read Less
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Critics Consensus

Despite Dakota Johnson's best efforts, the chaotically anachronistic Persuasion fails to convince as a worthwhile Austen adaptation.

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Whether you're annoyed or entertained by its modern touches, Persuasion definitely isn't your grandmother's Austen adaptation.

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Mark Kermode Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube) If you take it completely on its own terms and don't see it as an Austen adaptation, there's stuff in it that is fun. Feb 6, 2024 Full Review Tom Shone Times (UK) There’s nothing wrong with updating Austen, but this isn’t so much updating the book as performing a gut renovation. Rated: 1/5 Aug 24, 2022 Full Review Rachel Cunliffe New Statesman A joyful, tongue in cheek and thoroughly self-aware parody. Jul 29, 2022 Full Review Daniel Allen Loud and Clear Reviews Austen has been refashioned before. But Persuasion wants both worlds – the updated story and the historical setting. However, not only does this modern edge not gel with the original novel, but it leads to a questionable tone. Rated: 3/5 Jul 25, 2024 Full Review Ally Ham The Review Geek Undersells its source material and underestimates Jane Austen fans. Rated: 5/10 Jul 12, 2024 Full Review Zach Youngs InSession Film This version of Persuasion has a few terrific things about it, but the overall package is…less than persuasive. Rated: C Jul 3, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Miroslava M It's horrible what they did to Anne's character. What they did in this 'adaptation' seems like a crime to me. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/16/24 Full Review Lynn Y Really enjoyed this take on Austen, though I agree with Tina Kakadelis, it could have gone further, however it took a leaf out of Bridgerton's book and livened things up a bit! It was colourful and stylish, and Dakota Johmson was excellent. I read Persuasion in first year uni English Lit, freezing in a cold flat in a small room I shared with wet washing on a portable radiator. Since then, I've had daughters, visited Bath often with them, and Dorset on holidays, having a day out at Lyme Regis too! 40 years since I read Persuasion! I liked it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/05/24 Full Review Faith F Love it! Especially the two leads. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/06/24 Full Review Kirly B I heard this movie was terrible, but I love it. Dakota's performance is charming and heartbreaking at the same time. There is mad chemistry between the leads. I keep watching this movie. After my fourth viewing I felt compelled to come here and share my experience. I tried watching one of the older adaptations and felt like it was dour and boring. Don't believe the hype! This film is wonderful. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/14/24 Full Review Daniel B Persuasión es visualmente hermosa, un diseño de producción impecable envuelto en una historia simple pero concisa, tal vez más circular en su resolución de lo que la trama necesitaba, pero una historia entrañable que adapta a la gran novela homónima. Me pareció muy interesante el cómo la película plantea el triángulo amoroso únicamente desde la perspectiva de Anne, haciendo que el desarrollo de la otra relación entre Frederick y Louisa se sienta externo a la trama que se centra únicamente en el POV de Anne, planteando un conflicto interno en Annie, ya que aprecia a ambos de formas diferentes, creando un "muro" entre Anne y Frederick que funciona cómo el incidente incitador que la película necesita para ser cautivadora, el desarrollo personaje de Anne, aunque es muy sobre explicativo dada la naturaleza de la narrativa, es interesante, el cómo la vida de ella es afectada gracias a terceros que priorizaron sus propios pensamientos de sí mismos cómo de lo que se supondría que es mejor para ella, guardando un resentimiento de lo que pudo ser su vida si hubiera antepuesto sus deseos propios, hasta que gracias al destino la vuelve a poner ante el amor de su vida por eventos completamente externos a ambos, siendo de cierta manera el destino el que les concede esta segunda oportunidad. Persuasión está lejos de tener una historia diferencia o única, reiteradamente cae en estereotipos de películas románticas, pero logra ser muy entretenida, paisajes hermosos, personajes histriónicos que adornan la película y logran ser empáticos con el espectador en una historia de amor, aunque predecible, encantadora. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/08/24 Full Review Ginni B As a period Rom-com it's OK-ish, as a version of Jane Austen's Persuasion it's awful. Anne, arch, bitchy, flirty and a lush who constantly talks to the camera and enjoys double-entendres, is nothing like Austen's heroine. The film takes the basic framework of the book, but that's all. Far better to have made it a modern similar film like Clueless/Emma than bastardise Persuasion in this way. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/07/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is a nonconforming woman with modern sensibilities. When Frederick Wentworth--the dashing one she let get away--crashes back into her life, Anne must choose between putting the past behind her or listening to her heart when it comes to second chances. Adapted from the Jane Austen novel.
Director
Carrie Cracknell
Producer
Andrew Lazar, Christina Weiss Lurie
Screenwriter
Alice Victoria Winslow, Ronald Bass
Production Co
Mad Chance, MRC Film
Rating
PG (Some Suggestive References)
Genre
Romance, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 15, 2022
Runtime
1h 49m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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