Persuasion
A love lost, but never forgotten
A love lost, but never forgotten
Drama, Romance
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1995
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In early 19th-century England, dire financial straits reacquaint the aristocratic Anne Elliot with her wealthy ex-fiance Frederick Wentworth. The two must choose between either putting the past behind them or listening to their hearts.
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Runtime:
107 min
Release date:
1 May 1995
Country:
FR, GB, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$1,500,000
Revenue:
$5,269,757
Awards:
Won 5 BAFTA 7 wins & 2 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
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.
– Caryn James,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Austen fans: Prepare to be swept away.
– Peter Stack,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Jun 2002
fresh:
Persuasion is Jane without pain, E-Z Austen. It's a delight.
– Jeff Millar,
Houston Chronicle,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Michell'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.
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Much of the movie's emotional work has to be done by...faces and eyes, while other people speak of other things, and to see that happening is frustrating, because it happens so slowly, and romantic, because it happens at all.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000