The first reviews are in for the latest adaptation of Persuasionbut critics have not been kind to Netflix’s latest release.
Persuasion received a limited theater program from Friday 8. July, and is set to air on Netflix on July 15 (July 8 in the US). The power service’s input Persuasion already shared the internet when the trailer was released a few weeks ago, but their perception of Jane Austen’s latest novel has not fared well among critics either.
It sees Dakota Johnson take on the lead role as Anne Elliott, an unmarried 27-year-old with limited romantic prospects. Well, all the way to the daring naval officer Captain Frederick Wentworth (Cosmo Jarvis) who Anne was engaged to almost a decade ago, that is.
Anne’s family forced her to break up with Wentworth because of his poor prospects, but the couple is thrown back together when Anne’s own family is forced to leave their lavish property.
There are beginning to be reviews for the new period drama, but it seems that critics have definitely not fallen in love with this Austen adaptation. Here’s what the reviewers are saying Persuasion…
Persuasion reviews – what the critics say
Although the film has not yet been rated by Rotten Tomatoes, we do not expect the film to receive a high score, and get rid of the reviews that are already out in nature from July 8.
Reviews
Clarisse Loughrey, The Independent: (opens in new tab) 1/5
“Above all, at no point during Carrie Cracknell’s directorial debut will you ever get the feeling that someone has actually read Persuasion. For those with even the slightest affiliation with Austen’s work, it is vaguely mortifying to watch – to see one of her most beautifully shaped protagonists, a sad fellow chased by ghosts of lost love, deprived of her poetry and reduced to an Instagram text about the pitfalls . of millennial dating. “
Francesca Steele, inews: (opens in new tab)1/5
“I am completely in favor of modernizing the classics (see the 2020s Emma for Austen with an injection of excessive fun), but this one can not decide whether it is trying to entertain or build up and therefore does none of the parts. Bring back Bridgertonplease.”
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian: (opens in new tab) 2/5
“Jane Austen’s calm, subtle novel gets Fleabag treatment in this smiling space comed; it has more wrong tones than a drunken squadron of harpists, including anything but a last minute in a barouche to Bath airport.”
Hoai-Tran Bui, Slash Movie: (opens in new tab) 5/10
“Johnson’s Anne is both relatable and unreliable at all – a space-com heroine imbued with stereotypes who like herself better than she is. Unfortunately, it’s hard to be persuaded to love her or to love this mess of an adaptation. . “
Patrick Cremona, Radio Times: (opens in new tab) 2/5
“This is a difficult and rather lifeless adaptation that is almost completely devoid of real emotional intensity.”
The Evening Standard: (opens in new tab) 2/5
“This Netflix adaptation of the Jane Austen novel wants to be seen as funny. Dear. You only need to take precautions if your bladder comes loose from crawling.”
Rachel Labonte, Screen Rant: (opens in new tab)2/5
“Although Dakota Johnson provides a winning Anne Elliot, Persuasion struggling to recapture Austen’s magic in the desire to inject a modern touch. “
