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04/01/09
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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02/09/06
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07/05/05
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08/20/04
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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
Top CriticFollowing 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
Literate, beautifully-produced screen adaptation of a classc Jane Austen novel.
08/27/02
Austen fans: Prepare to be swept away.
06/18/02
Top CriticApart 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
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
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01/01/00
Top CriticAusten 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.
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.
01/01/00
Whew! Sitting through 112 minutes of Persuasion is a true exercise in persistence.
01/01/00
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.
01/01/00
There's a wonderful, unhurried delicacy about Persuasion, Roger Mitchell's adaptation of Jane Austen's final novel.
01/01/00
Top CriticMichell'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.
01/01/00
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