Persuasion

1995

Drama / Romance

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 83% · 30 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 83% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.6/10 10 12485 12.5K

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Plot summary

Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with modern sensibilities. When Frederick Wentworth – the dashing one she once sent away – crashes back into her life, Anne must choose between putting the past behind her or listening to her heart when it comes to second chances.

Director

Roger Michell Photo
Roger Michell

Top cast

Emma Roberts Photo
Emma Roberts as Louisa Musgrove
Corin Redgrave Photo
Corin Redgrave as Sir Walter Elliot
Ciarán Hinds Photo
Ciarán Hinds as Captain Wentworth
Roger Hammond Photo
Roger Hammond as Mr. Musgrove
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984.3 MB
1192*720
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
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1.78 GB
1788*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by slabihoud 9 / 10

Jane Austen's world perfectly brought to life

A real pleasure to watch and by far superior to the later version with Sally Hawkins. (Sally Hawkins was fine but the whole later production looks like a cartoon version compared with this elaborate rendering of Jane Austen's world.) Amanda Root as Anne Elliot is perfect as the underestimated and unloved daughter of a spendthrift snob of a father and a stepmother right out of Grimm's fairy tales. (Not to speak of being henpecked by her hyper nervous younger married sister.) They filmmakers also managed to make Amanda Root look rather unattractive at the beginning and one wonders how any man could have been so much in love with her as the still lamented Frederick Wenthworth, whom she sent away on the heavy influence of her family, because he was a nobody with no regular income at the time. Years have past when we comes back into her neighbourhood, apparently haunting her serenity and feeling her more wrong then ever before. Cairán Hinds is equally good as the former lover Wenthworth, still hurt and trying hard to ignore Anne and seemingly having a good time without her. Once Wentworth pops up every now and then we notice that Anne begins to look more pretty, even the presence of the man she thinks she has lost forever make her look so much better.The beauty of this version is not only grounded on the excellent cast but also in the magnificent eye for details, and, although only running a mere 100 minutes, gives the viewer the appropriate feeling of time passing by very slowly (don't get me wrong, I don't speak of the pace inside the story), but time that painfully slows down when being with people you despise or you feel dispised by. I always cherished this book by Jane Austen very much and I'm so glad that finally I found this film that really does it justice!
Reviewed by suessis 8 / 10

Extraordinary

I enjoy Jane Austin best of all when it is free of the Hollywood temptation to populate her cast with handsome men and beautiful woman. Anne Elliot is attractive not because she is some buxom blonde, but because her character is intelligent, quiet, and generously caring. The photography in this film is extraordinary as are all the performances. Colin Redgrave is fabulous as Anne's father, a sniveling social climber, and Samuel West as the seedy relative who tries to get back in the families good graces to make sure that his fortunes are preserved. The actresses playing Anne's two sisters also do a praise worthy job. I recommend this film highly even if you aren't an Austin fan.
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