Persuasion starring Dakota Johnson | Official Trailer | Netflix

Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with modern sensibilities. When Frederick Wentworth—the dashing one she once sent away—crashes back into her life, Anne must choose between putting the past behind her or listening to her heart when it comes to second chances. Adapted from the Jane Austen novel.

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Persuasion starring Dakota Johnson | Official Trailer | Netflix

Eight years after Anne Elliot was persuaded not to marry a dashing man of humble origins, they meet again. Will she seize her second chance at true love?

[MK-kprw]

I will never understand Netflix’s decision to make such a quiet, thoughtful, and kind protagonist make snarky remarks in a “Jim from the office” style.

[anikamitchell]

I'm so glad someone got paid for: "Now we're worse than exes, we're friends" The biggest eye roll in the world doesn't do it justice! Why change something so beautiful and insightful. What Austen actually wrote is, "“There could have never been two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison, no countenances so beloved. Now they were as strangers; nay, worse than strangers, for they could never become acquainted. It was a perpetual estrangement.”

[worldwithout]

Anne Elliott is such a unique character. She is humble, quiet, introverted. She does everything for others. Why is everyone taking these beloved female characters and trying to make them fiesty? Persuasion is my favourite novel. This doesn't fit the tone of the novel at all. It feels like they are trying to make it a comedy. Why can't they just leave a great story as it is. It is beloved for a reason. What is so wrong with being humble, sincere and quiet as a woman? Not every female alive has to be feisty.

[r.a.b]

I agree with a lot of the comments here. Female empowerment is not about replacing every introverted female character with a “sassy” personality. I want to see more representation of quiet and sincere women that I can actually relate to😭

[shizukutsukishima]

The comment section absolutely passed the vibe check. I went there expecting to find people fawning over the Regency-era setting and Dakota Johnson. Instead, I find deep, thoughtful analyses and critiques, probably better than I could've found anywhere else. Jane Austen would've been proud :)

[jean-mariking]

But what I love most about Anne is the fact that she isn't mischievous or always dabbling in the affairs of others. She isn't cheeky and always smirking at cameras. She's reserved, calm, and mature. That's not the vibe this is giving.

[calicat]

'Now we are worse than exes - We are friends' When do Anne and Wentworth become friends after their separation?? They skirt around each other awkwardly for the entire book until the gravity of their feelings is too much and they collide back together in the most romantic scene I have ever read... They exist in the same room for months and barely acknowledge one another and THAT IS THE POINT. Their yearning is too intense for a simple friendship to exist!! Its agony for them to be in the same room together and THAT IS WHAT MAKES THE BOOK SO GOOD.

[elvi]

Anne Elliot is a superior woman. She is thoughtful, kind, quiet yet observant, steadfast and of sound principles. She's represented all the introvert women for the past 200 years and shown the world their unimaginable worth. And then Netflix comes along and makes her a loud, sassy, flirt with a big mouth. As if she'd ever say "Wentworth" whilst thinking of him. As if she'd be as vulgar as Mrs. Elton from Emma. Ridiculous.

[supergran]

It warms the cockles of my heart to see how Austen lovers have risen as one and condemned this monstrosity.

[TimeandMonotony]

I know I shouldn't judge this before seeing it, but I agree with the other commenters. If screenwriters don't like Austen's quiet, reserved heroines like Anne and Fanny, why don't they just adapt P&P or Emma instead of turning them into those characters? Introverted women exist and deserve to be seen and loved for who they are, not forced to change into society's idea of what a strong woman should look like.
Looks like they made the same mistake as that 90s Mansfield Park.

[janinedion]

Anne’s strength is her quiet, consistency. She is intelligent and thoughtful. Altering her character for modern sensibilities is insulting not only to Austin’s character but to modern audiences. There are many “Anne’s” in this world they and deserve to be valued for who they are and the enrichment they bring to all.

Persuasion is my favorite of Austen’s novel. Unfortunately this looks to be another instance of the “title and names are unchanged but the characters are missing.” Looks like another Mansfield Park.

[AnnelysdelMar]

I just watched this film. I am so happy that Jane Austen couldn't live long enough to watch this. The characters and plot are so far removed from her original idea, that she would be appalled to be even remotely associated with this adaptation. Austen's fans: DO NOT WATCH.

[AA-oeut]

This book was important because it represented the quieter introverted girls who had there own things to offer

[safasdiaries]

Nahh how could anyone replace the original beautiful words with “we’re worse than exes, we’re friends” and still sleep soundly at night 🥴 Jane’s rolling in her grave 😩

[mikefule]

"We're worse than exes: we're friends." Jane Austen's timelessly elegant prose and subtle social satire at its very best. FFS

[sosewregency]

They turned Anne Elliott into Lydia Bennet according to this trailer.

[beccablueeyes]

This is horrifying. The fleabag style camera looks, Dakota looking beautiful with make up, the way that you can't tell that she has spent the last 8 years miserable and sad and downtrodden while her family treated her as a maid. The longing she and Captain Wentworth had for eachother. Everything that made Persuasion is missing. The 1995 movie version is so good.

[sophiah.]

To all period dramas: stop taking Bridgerton as inspiration, especially in the humor. Jane Austen's original language was filled with subtle wit; the jokes here are so painfully obvious and unfunny. Stop modernizing everything. The beauty of Austen lies in the past.

[shreyapandey]

The cinematography is stunning, but they've really done a number on Anne. She's not so flirty an audacious. Poor girl spends most of the book yearning, flitting between agony and hope, and quietly observing everyone. She's sad and faded away since she let the love of her life go eight years ago.

[jeannetteharrison]

Jane Austin would have been mortified If she had seen her book made into such torture to watch