I can't help but think that Austen would be pleased that this seeming Plain Jane of a picture could be a thing of such beauty and spirit.
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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... [More]
Starring: Corin Redgrave, John Woodvine, Fiona Shaw, Phoebe Nicholls
Director: Roger Michell
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Reviews for Persuasion
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.
06/05/02
Much of the movie's emotional work has to be done by...faces and eyes, while other people speak of other things, and to see that happening is frustrating, because it happens so slowly, and romantic, because it happens at all.
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Top CriticEnjoyable, but dry, adaptation of a Jane Austen romance.
01/01/00
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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07/05/05
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.
04/17/02
Whew! Sitting through 112 minutes of Persuasion is a true exercise in persistence.
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04/12/02
Persuasion is Jane without pain, E-Z Austen. It's a delight.
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Top CriticPersuasion is a perfect movie.
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02/08/04
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.
05/20/03
Following the novel with unhurried fidelity, the film is as faithful to Austen as Anne Elliot is to the man of her dreams.
05/20/03
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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