Felt more like a film about some people role-playing Austen, than an actual Austen adaptation. Too much time spent on trying to make Anne into someone she's not (mixing modern language with history worked for Dickinson, it did not work here). Not enough time spent on the love story, which felt more like an afterthought in the end. At least it's pretty.

Well, that was terrible, but he's a 10 all right.

What?! What is this movie... Maybe it could have been better if it was not titled Persuasion or meant to be Austen. I'm not sure what the goal was here but if it was to make Anne nearly dislikable, they have succeeded. Not sure what was up with Wentworth but at least there you have some type of pinning. But then also, it was like they made him nearly too sad or something. Anne & Wentworth both felt miscast with Dakota and Jarvis. Neither gave the type of miserable or toying longing needed for those characters and the story. Or maybe that could have been down to the writing or direction as well. Props for trying to add in diversity with some of the other players - especially the casting of Golding as Mr. Eliot. However, some of the interactions between the characters felt as if they had been changed and thus changing the dynamic, integrity and many points for the purpose of the movie. In trying to modernize, they do this fourth-wall style that ruins the beauty of Austen's words at times and borders on antagonizing the rest of the time. Not that the style cannot work, but the writing/direction here was just wrong. It was as if they were telling the audience something and playing it out with commentary as if we cannot or would not gather the details, personalities, or characteristics otherwise, and they again, changed the purposes for our main love interests. Persuasion is already a slow churn, but this somehow made it worse. It was as if they focused on all the wrong elements at all the wrong times, and simply wanted to make a movie that was not Austen's Persuassion. The shots of the buildings were good I guess.

No. I’m sorry but the casting was not right for Fredrick he looks dumbfound everytime someone speaks. He has not much of any charisma. Stayed for Dakota. Story on its own lacks.