Persuasion
Official release poster
Directed byCarrie Cracknell
Screenplay by
Based onPersuasion
by Jane Austen
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJoe Anderson[1]
Edited byPani Scott
Music byStuart Earl
Production
companies
  • MRC
  • Bisous Pictures
  • Mad Chance
  • Fourth and Twenty Eight Films
Distributed byNetflix
Release dates
  • July 8, 2022 (2022-07-08) (United States)
  • July 15, 2022 (2022-07-15) (Netflix)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Persuasion is a 2022 American period romantic film based on Jane Austen's 1817 novel of the same name. It was directed by Carrie Cracknell from a screenplay by Ron Bass and Alice Victoria Winslow. The film stars Dakota Johnson, Cosmo Jarvis, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Richard E. Grant, and Henry Golding.

Persuasion was released to theaters in the United States on July 8, 2022, a week before its streaming release on July 15, 2022, by Netflix.[2] The film received generally negative reviews criticizing the film's modernization of the source material and the main protagonist Anne Elliott (Dakota Johnson) breaking the fourth wall by interacting with the audience.[3]

Plot

Cast

Production

In April 2021, it was announced Dakota Johnson had joined the cast of the film, with Carrie Cracknell directing from a screenplay by Ron Bass and Alice Victoria Winslow, based on the novel of the same name by Jane Austen, with Netflix set to distribute.[4] In May 2021, Henry Golding, Cosmo Jarvis, Suki Waterhouse, Richard E. Grant, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Ben Bailey Smith, Izuka Hoyle, Mia McKenna-Bruce, and Nia Towle joined the cast of the film.[5][6] In June 2021, Edward Bluemel, Lydia Rose Bewley, and Yolanda Kettle joined the cast of the film.[7]

Principal photography began in May 2021.[8][9]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 31% of 129 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5/10. The website's consensus reads: "Despite Dakota Johnson's best efforts, the chaotically anachronistic Persuasion fails to convince as a worthwhile Austen adaptation."[10] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 42 out of 100 based on 37 critics, indicating mixed or average reviews.[11]

Nikki Amuka-Bird plays the role of Lady Russell.

Variety's Peter Debruge found Carrie Cracknell to have "gone and done a strange thing with the book", by trying to "modernize it, borrowing heavily from Fleabag with its fourth-wall-breaking gimmicks", while "casting a free-spirited, fully liberated American star, Dakota Johnson, as Anne — all of which strips the novel of its core tension."[12] Christy Lemire from the Roger Ebert website found Dakota Johnson offering in the film "a taste of her under-appreciated comic timing", though she claims "it's impossible to care about whether Anne ends up with Frederick Wentworth because, as played by Cosmo Jarvis, he is so stiff and uncharismatic."[13] The Guardian's Stuart Heritage wrote that the "attempt to modernize the classic novel has led to a disaster of anachronistic dialogue and annoyingly wry glances at the camera,"[14] while Vox critic Constance Grady found the film an "absolute disaster."[15] The Spectator went so far as to proclaim in its review that "everyone involved should be in prison."[16]

References

  1. ↑ Anderson, Joe (July 14, 2021). "Wrapped". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Carrie Cracknell's Adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion Starring Dakota Johnson Release Date Announced". MAXBLIZZ. April 21, 2022. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  3. ↑ Walsh, Savannah (July 14, 2022). "Persuasion and the Risky Business of Breaking the Fourth Wall". Vanity Fair. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  4. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (April 20, 2021). "Dakota Johnson Set To Star In Netflix & MRC Film's Jane Austen Update Persuasion". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  5. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (May 5, 2021). "Henry Golding Joins Dakota Johnson In Netflix & MRC Jane Austen Update Persuasion". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
  6. ↑ Wiseman, Andreas (May 17, 2021). "Persuasion: Cosmo Jarvis To Star Opposite Dakota Johnson In Netflix & MRC Jane Austen Movie; Richard E. Grant, Suki Waterhouse, Nikki Amuka-Bird & More Join". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
  7. ↑ Wiseman, Andreas (June 4, 2021). "Persuasion: Edward Bluemel, Lydia Rose Bewley & Yolande Kettle Join Netflix & MRC Jane Austen Pic". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Film and TV Projects Going Into Production - Persuasion". Variety Insight. Archived from the original on May 7, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Henry Golding was Excited to Play 'Period F--kboy' Mr. Elliot in 'Persuasion'". YouTube. May 16, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Persuasion". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Persuasion". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  12. ↑ Debruge, Peter (July 15, 2022). "'Persuasion' Review: Dakota Johnson Makes an Odd Fit for a 'Fleabag'-Style Jane Austen Adaptation". Variety. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  13. ↑ Lemire, Christy (July 15, 2022). "Persuasion". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  14. ↑ Heritage, Stuart (July 15, 2022). "Turning Persuasion into Jane Austen's Fleabag was a truly terrible idea". The Guardian. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  15. ↑ Grady, Constance (July 15, 2022). "Netflix's Persuasion is an absolute disaster". Vox. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  16. ↑ Ross, Deborah (July 16, 2022). "Everyone involved should be in prison: Netflix's Persuasion reviewed". The Spectator. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
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