Disclaimer: I love Austen, and I would classify myself as a purist. But I also understand that film is a different medium, sometimes modifications must be made. But the modifications made absolutely piss all over the original story.
-First, Dakota Johnson is completely miscast. Anne is supposed to be mournful and to a degree bitter. She thinks she's missed her chance. Dakota Johnson plays her as spunky and comedic. Totally wrong. The rest of the cast is fine, but left to play their roles opposite an inappropriately funny heroine.
-Anne is not an alcoholic. It wasn't charming or relatable.
-It seems like the directors watched the recent adaptation of Emma and Bridgerton and were like, let's try Persuasion. But let's half ass the costumes and make it a comedy.
-Ridiculous lines. "How would you dance to Beethoven?" Anne replies "Alone in my room to a bottle of red." Well, considering this takes place in the Regency era before records or radio, this is absurd. She also says "We're worse than strangers. We're exes." Mary talks about how she must love herself in order to be able to love others. Come on. I couldn't stop eye rolling.
-There are a bunch of double entendres that are neither clever nor funny.
-They break the fourth wall, and while it works in other movies like Mansfield Park, but it was done cleverly and sparingly. Dakota Johnson is constantly talking at us and it's obnoxious.
I was hoping someone would give Persuasion an update. I really enjoyed the 90s adaptation with Ciaran Hinds. But no one asked for this abomination.
Plot summary
July 15, 2022 at 11:45 AM
Tech specs
720p.WEB 1080p.WEB 1010.61 MB
1280*608
English 2.0
PG
24 fps
1 hr 49 min
P/S 24 / 64
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Not even close.
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Do Not Be Persuaded
Again¡ Let's take a classic piece of literature make a movie out of it, but only after we change just about everything about. Thus not making a classice piece of literature into a movie, but, rather making a feminist, multicultural, pansexual mess that cannot hold people's interest because they feeled betrayed that the classic adaptation they were expected is immature sophomoric trash.
STOP!!!
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Cringeworthy.
It's difficult to overstate just how bad this movie is. It may well be a form of entertainment, but Jane Austin's 'Persuasion' it ain't. Check out the 1995 or 2007 versions if you want to see something approaching what the novel is all about. This is just a silly, soulless mess.
I don't know how I feel about this movie. I like Dakota Johnson...but this movie was predictable, cringe... hmm
From a 1 star review... First, Dakota Johnson is completely miscast. Anne is supposed to be mournful and to a degree bitter. She thinks she's missed her chance. Dakota Johnson plays her as spunky and comedic. I agree, all feminist are miserable and protest in order to make as many people as they can as miserable as they are.
I only made it halfway through. It appears the consensus is that Dakota Johnson is good for one thing, and one thing only, so they cast her in movies that could be low budget sequels to the other slop she has starred in.
The best version of this movie is the one with Ciarán Hinds from 1995.
Sorry no, too many untalents, Nothing will ever beat the 2007 version with Sally Hawkins as Anne Elliot..
She can dakota my johnson anytime!