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Persuasion (1995)

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Reviews Counted: 22

Fresh: 18

Rotten:4

Average Rating: 7.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: A prodigal baronet, the widowed Sir Walter Elliot lives with his daughters Anne and Elizabeth at Kellynch Hall. Anne, the younger of Elliot's unmarried offspring, is a comely, dutiful woman but a... A prodigal baronet, the widowed Sir Walter Elliot lives with his daughters Anne and Elizabeth at Kellynch Hall. Anne, the younger of Elliot's unmarried offspring, is a comely, dutiful woman but a deeply melancholy soul. She's been heartbroken ever since Lady Russell, a trusted family friend, persuaded Anne to refuse the marriage proposal of naval officer Frederick Wentworth on account of his lack of fortune. Finding himself on the brink of financial ruin, Sir Walter Elliot rents out Kellynch Hall while he and the girls vacation at Bath. An ironic twist of fate brings the now wealthy Captain Wentworth and his relatives to the Elliot estate as seasonal tenants. So, Anne's beloved Frederick Wentworth enters her world once more. But there's no certainty love will bloom again. [More]

Starring: Corin Redgrave, John Woodvine, Fiona Shaw, Phoebe Nicholls

Starring: Corin Redgrave, John Woodvine, Fiona Shaw, Phoebe Nicholls, Ciaran Hinds, Susan Fleetwood, Amanda Root

Director: Roger Michell

Director: Roger Michell

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Derek Adams
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02/08/04
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

The film offers the same pleasures as an Austen novel, as the audience sinks into a comforting, orderly world where life-shattering disruptions are handled with elegant ease.

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05/20/03
Caryn James
New York Times
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Following the novel with unhurried fidelity, the film is as faithful to Austen as Anne Elliot is to the man of her dreams.

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05/20/03
Susan Tavernetti
Palo Alto Weekly

Literate, beautifully-produced screen adaptation of a classc Jane Austen novel.

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08/27/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Austen fans: Prepare to be swept away.

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06/18/02
Peter Stack
San Francisco Chronicle
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Apart from some minor audio problems, Persuasion is a truly enjoyable film that captures the time period in an amusing, revealing manner and is educational for all ages.

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06/05/02
Pat Kramer
Boxoffice Magazine

As gloriously romantic as it is giddily hilarious, Persuasion gives you a ruefully knowing smile as it sides with the wise heart. You leave the theater feeling better about everything.

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04/17/02
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
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01/01/00
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Austen was always fun to read, and known for her candid insight into human affairs, but somehow Michell and Dear seem to have left these basic ingredients out.

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01/01/00
Barbara Shulgasser
San Francisco Examiner
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This new film is every bit as charming and engrossing as Sense and Sensibility -- it just doesn't have a star-name attached. What it does have, however, is the luminous Amanda Root, who is simply marvelous as Austen's heroine Anne Elliot.

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01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Whew! Sitting through 112 minutes of Persuasion is a true exercise in persistence.

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01/01/00
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Roger Michell's movie captures [Jane Austen's] insight into social hypocrisies and elegant sense of irony, with precisely understated performances and a subtle, witty script.

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01/01/00
Cynthia Fuchs
Philadelphia City Paper

There's a wonderful, unhurried delicacy about Persuasion, Roger Mitchell's adaptation of Jane Austen's final novel.

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Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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Michell's approach to Persuasion indicates that he is the rarest of literary translators -- one who is genuinely interested in a work's themes, its characters and what the author has to say about the world in which they exist.

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