In which the Mister joins me in reviewing PERSUASION (2022), which is currently streaming on Netflix. The film, directed by Carrie Cracknell, from a script by Ron Bass and Alice Victoria Winslow, is the latest Jane Austen property to be adapted. The film, rated PG, follows Anne Elliott (Dakota Johnson), who eight years prior was persuaded to give up the love of her life, Frederick Wentworth (Cosmo Jarvis). In this version, Anne has spent the better part of those eight years crying, losing herself to drink and just being messy. I am still surly to have wasted 1 h and 47 m on this mess. Go over to Amazon Prime and check out FLEABAG instead but be warned it is absolutely deliciously naughty. Please note there are SPOILERS in this review.
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A UNIVERSE IN WORDS does a wonderful breakdown of Frederick's letter to Anne. You can read that here: http://universeinwords.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-perfect-love-letter-wentworth-to.html?m=1
Opening intro music: GOAT by Wayne Jones, courtesy of YouTube Audio Library.
