Persuasion
7.3 / 10
93 minutes
2007-04-01
English
GB
Actors :
Sally Hawkins, Rupert Penry-Jones, Alice Krige, Tobias Menzies, Anthony Stewart Head, Julia Davis, Michael Fenton Stevens, Mary Stockley, Peter Wight, Marion Bailey, Amanda Hale, Jennifer Higham, Rosamund Stephen, Stella Gonet, Sam Hazeldine
Description
Royal Navy Captain Wentworth was haughtily turned down eight years ago as suitor of pompous baronet Sir Walter Elliot's daughter Anne, despite true love. Now he visits their former seaside country estate, rented by his brother-in-law, Admiral Croft, so the financially stressed baronet can afford a fashionable, cheaper residence in trendy Bath. The former lovers meet again on the estate, where they feel vibes again, but neither dares admit them until it seems too late.
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Reviews
Peter McGinn
6/23/2021, 3:58:36 PM
You may well ask, why should you watch this particular version of Jane Austen's Persuasion? well, settle in and let me tell you. I think I own almost every filmed version of every Austen novel. I find different strengths and weaknesses in all of them, but I would not trash any of them the way people do some versions because they don't stay true enough to the books. I write novels myself in my ...