Persuasion: Netflix movie branded ‘the worst Jane
Austen adaptation ever’ and ‘torture’ to watch
Jacob
Stolworthy
Sun, 10
July 2022 at 10:06 am·1-min read
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/persuasion-netflix-movie-branded-worst-090614913.html
Persuasion: Netflix movie branded ‘the worst Jane
Austen adaptation ever’ and ‘torture’ to watch
Netflix’s new version of Persuasion is being called
“the worst Jane Austen adaptation” of all time.
The film, which stars Dakota Johnson in the lead role
of Anne, is set to be released on the streaming service on 15 July.
But, those who have seen the film, which is directed
by Carrie Cracknell, are urging viewers to steer clear.
“The PERSUASION embargo is up so I can finally say
that it is the worst Austen adaptation I have ever seen,” Bustle’s Morgan Leigh
Davies wrote on Twitter. “Absolutely inexcusable. Abolish Netflix. Abolish
Dakota Johnson.”
Meanwhile, The Independent’s film critic Clarisse
Loughrey agreed that Johnson is “woefully miscast” in the film, adding that:
”At no point do you ever get the sense that anyone’s actually read Persuasion.
“For those with even the slightest affinity for
Austen’s work, it’s vaguely mortifying to watch – seeing one of her most
beautifully moulded protagonists, a sorrowful vessel hounded by the ghosts of
lost love, stripped of her poetry and reduced to an Instagram caption about the
pitfalls of millennial dating.”
Lourgey gave the film one star, as did The Guardian’s
Wendy Ide, who called the film “a travesty”.
The Telegraph critic Tim Robey, in his two-star
review, said that Cracknell’s adaptation “comes with almost a total disregard
for its supposed source material”.
Brian Viner, writing for Daily Mail, called the film
“torture” and “truly dreadful”. He added that the decision to repeatedly have
Johnson’s Anne look to the camera to break the fourth wall shows a “wilful
misunderstanding of the book”.
This adaptation of Persuasion was written Alice
Victoria Winslow and Ron Bass. it co-stars Cosmo Jarvis, Nikki Amuka-Bird and
Richard E Grant.
Netflix's Persuasion is getting some horrendous
reviews
By Martin Shore published 9 days ago
https://www.whattowatch.com/news/netflixs-persuasion-is-getting-some-horrendous-reviews
The latest take on Persuasion has not fared well with
movie critics.
The first reviews are in for the latest adaptation of
Persuasion, but critics have not been kind to Netflix's newest release.
Persuasion received a limited theatrical run from
Friday, July 8, and is due to hit Netflix on July 15 (July 8 in the US). The
streaming service's take on Persuasion already divided the internet when the
trailer was released a few weeks ago, but their take on Jane Austen's final
novel has not fared well with critics, either.
It sees Dakota Johnson taking on the lead role of Anne
Elliott, an unmarried 27-year-old with limited romantic prospects. Well, until
the dashing naval officer Captain Frederick Wentworth (Cosmo Jarvis) whom Anne
was engaged to nearly a decade ago, that is.
Anne's family forced to her to break things off with
Wentworth due to his poor prospects, but the pair are thrown back together when
Anne's own family is forced to vacate their lavish estate.
Reviews are starting to come in for the new period
drama, but it seems like critics definitely have not fallen in love with this
Austen adaptation. Here's what reviewers are saying about Persuasion...
Persuasion reviews — what the critics are saying
Although the film has not yet been rated by Rotten
Tomatoes, we don't expect the movie to receive a high score, going off the
reviews that are already out in the wild as of July 8.
Reviews
Clarisse Loughrey, The Independent:(opens in new tab)
1/5
"Above all, at no point during Carrie Cracknell's
directorial debut do you ever get the sense that anyone's actually read
Persuasion. For those with even the slightest affinity for Austen's work, it's
vaguely mortifying to watch – seeing one of her most beautifully molded
protagonists, a sorrowful vessel hounded by the ghosts of lost love, stripped
of her poetry and reduced to an Instagram caption about the pitfalls of
millennial dating."
Francesca Steele, inews: (opens in new tab)1/5
"I’m all for modernizing the classics (see 2020’s
Emma for Austen with an injection of over-the-top fun) but this one can’t
decide if it’s trying to amuse or edify and consequently does neither. Bring
back Bridgerton, please."
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian:(opens in new tab) 2/5
"Jane Austen's calm, subtle novel gets the
Fleabag treatment in this smirking romcom; it has more wrong notes than an
inebriated squadron of harpists, including everything but a last-minute rush in
a barouche to Bath airport."
Hoai-Tran Bui, Slash Film:(opens in new tab) 5/10
"Johnson's Anne is both relatable and not
relatable at all — a rom-com heroine steeped in stereotype who fancies 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 an awkward and rather lifeless
adaptation that's almost completely devoid of genuine emotional
intensity."
The Evening Standard:(opens in new tab) 2/5
"This Netflix adaptation of the Jane Austen novel
wants to be seen as wet-your-knickers funny. Oh dear. You need only take
precautions if your bladder is loosened by cringeing."
Rachel Labonte, Screen Rant: (opens in new tab)2/5
"Though Dakota Johnson makes for a winning Anne
Elliot, Persuasion struggles to recapture Austen's magic in its desire to
inject a modern touch."
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