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Persuasion (2007)

Apr 01, 2007 Drama, Romance, TV Movie 1h 33m
User Score
73%
274 votes
Internet Movie Database
74%

Overview

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.

Adrian Shergold
Director
Simon Burke
Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Sally Hawkins
Sally Hawkins

Anne Elliot
Rupert Penry-Jones
Rupert Penry-Jones

Captain Wentworth
Alice Krige
Alice Krige

Lady Russell
Tobias Menzies
Tobias Menzies

William Elliot
Anthony Stewart Head
Anthony Stewart Head

Sir Walter Elliot
Julia Davis
Julia Davis

Elizabeth Elliot
Michael Fenton Stevens
Michael Fenton Stevens

Mr. Shepherd
Mary Stockley
Mary Stockley

Mrs. Clay
Peter Wight
Peter Wight

Admiral Croft

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A review by Peter McGinn
Written on April 5, 2020

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 spare time and - were I lucky enough (or good enough) to have any made into a film - I would not be offended if they were changed. Books and movies have different needs and ways of telling a story. That said, I really love this interpretation of Persuasion.

I greatly appreciate how British productions often don't automatically lunge for the most beautiful or most handsome actors and actresses f...

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