I am an Austen fan, love Pride and Prejudice and Sense & Sensibility- both the books and drama and/or film versions. I've never read Persuasion, but I'm now curious to read after watching this to see what differences they made.
As a viewer watching not knowing the story of Persuasion; I enjoyed this and I think Anne and Captain Wentorth's love story held up, and brought a few tears to my eyes. It was a good film to watch on Friday night after having a super long week at work and struggling to work in the heat! So give it a go and don't listen to the haters. I'd be happy to watch this again; so I think it's a good film!
I thought Dakota J was great, and the actor who played CW. I also thought Anne's family were crazy in a funny way- Austen was always brilliant at depicting characters. Not my favourite Austen story: 1) P&P 2)S&S 3) Emma 4) Persuasion.
Hated the song at the end of the film; whilst I understood what they were trying to do, it was too overpowering; a lovely classical piece would have been better.
As a viewer watching not knowing the story of Persuasion; I enjoyed this and I think Anne and Captain Wentorth's love story held up, and brought a few tears to my eyes. It was a good film to watch on Friday night after having a super long week at work and struggling to work in the heat! So give it a go and don't listen to the haters. I'd be happy to watch this again; so I think it's a good film!
I thought Dakota J was great, and the actor who played CW. I also thought Anne's family were crazy in a funny way- Austen was always brilliant at depicting characters. Not my favourite Austen story: 1) P&P 2)S&S 3) Emma 4) Persuasion.
Hated the song at the end of the film; whilst I understood what they were trying to do, it was too overpowering; a lovely classical piece would have been better.