Persuasion

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Persuasion

PG,

2022,

1h 49m,

Romance/

Drama

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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.

Critics Consensus

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

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Audience Says

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)

Feb 6, 2024

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.

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Tom Shone

The Times (UK)

Aug 24, 2022

1/5

There’s nothing wrong with updating Austen, but this isn’t so much updating the book as performing a gut renovation.

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Rachel Cunliffe

New Statesman

Jul 29, 2022

A joyful, tongue in cheek and thoroughly self-aware parody.

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Sammie Purcell

Rough Draft Atlanta

Jul 28, 2025

There could have never been another Jane Austen adaptation so out of touch with its source material, so facile in its storytelling, so unimaginative in its romance.

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Francesca Steele

iNews.co.uk

Dec 11, 2024

1/5

The Regency romcom comes with impressive credentials, but it's a complete mess.

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Daniel Allen

Loud and Clear Reviews

Jul 25, 2024

3/5

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.

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Carrie Cracknell

Director

Dakota Johnson

Anne Elliot

Cosmo Jarvis

Wentworth

Nikki Amuka-Bird

Lady Russell

Mia McKenna-Bruce

Mary Musgrove

Richard E. Grant

Sir Walter Elliot

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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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