is persuasion the worst jane austen adaptation ever? 📖🙄🐰 (persuasion 2022 review)

in today’s video i'll be discussing what i did and didn’t like about 2022’s persuasion as well as how it compares to the novel and the adaptations that came before it. i’ll also be throwing in some background information on the regency period and discuss the lasting legacy of jane austen. obviously there will be spoilers, so don’t say I didn’t warn you.

intro 0:00
jane austen's legacy/persuasion's plot 1:19
the tone 8:21
the characters 18:32
the costumes 30:16
in conclusion 38:30

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[annahill]

It’s so insulting for them to act like they had to change the language to draw in a new generation of fans, as if teenage girls haven’t been gobbling Austen up for decades with no significant alterations to her language if any at all

[Kuroyupik]

"Honestly, if you have Henry Golding why would you not cast him as the main romantic lead? That man could have chemistry with a rock"
I actually thought he was the main lead until I started watching the movie. What a waste.

[anudarib]

I think Persuasion is a very personal book for Austen. It shouldn't have been defiled like this.

[denisha]

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries changed Mr Bingley into Mr Bing Lee and it worked seamlessly as they kept the fundamentals of the character intact. I think I'd rather rewatch that instead of something that keeps the costumes but throws the personalities out the window.

[cb.on.yt]

i agree they needed to swap Comso Jarvis and Henry Golding, there was no chemistry between Anne and Fredrick, i was losing my mind the entire time until Mr.Elliot showed up because the movie suddenly became tolerable

[margaret]

I first saw the 2007 adaptation and was related to the shy and introvert protagonist in many ways. Sadly Hollywood believes that this kind of protagonists now are boring and try to make them as fierce and confident as ever, and while that's not a bad thing, it's been oversuded too much..

[szaboizabella]

I actually started watching it 2 days ago, watched it for like 10-15 minutes and became too annoyed to continue and I also wondered if I was the only one thinking it's trashy 😅

[leslievanhouten]

I love Elizabeth Bennett because that’s who I want to be, but I identify with Anne Elliot because that’s how I feel. Who doesn’t identify with the one who got away? 2022 Anne would never be persuaded away from Wentworth, and she actually seems like she’s better suited to Mr Elliot.

[hannahkillian]

"I'm so close to dead, I can feel my organs decomposing."

I actually laughed at that. xD

[danaroth]

I just don't get picking Persuasion, Austen's most somber and mature book, as the humorous lampoon novel. Northanger Abbey would be way better suited for that!

[Tasmanianval]

Why on earth they try to modernize dialoge to appeal the audience when the real reason we all watch period dramas is for things like "you have bewitched me in body and soul" 🤤

[annemariestrehl]

The "I am an empath" line made me wonder if they were just aiming it at the TikTok generation and hoping for it to become a sound^^

[ThisisFit]

Oh boy. "Worse than strangers--we're exes." I had no idea the adaptation modernized the dialogue like this! Thanks for the fair warning--I'm sure I won't watch it now.

[laramartin]

When she said "He is a 10, and I don't trust a 10", I believe Jane Austen was rolling in her grave

[shawolsarah]

Anne is a heroine known for her inner strength and quiet resilience. This show made her an alcoholic desperate emo.

[sammysoppy]

if they were gonna modernize it like this they should have truly modernized it—like austen’s Emma became Clueless.

[salthesalmonshark]

May the great patronage of Lady Catherine de Bourgh protect us from a Pride and Prejudice Netflix adaptation.

[Punipunpi_panda]

I just can’t get over how patronising it is to assume the younger generation are so dumb they can’t understand an older vocabulary

[malloryscheidel]

The “you have bewitched me body and soul” was a wonderful example. I wish you’d mentioned that it was written for the adaptation and does not appear in Austen’s actual novel Pride and Prejudice. So really, it’s an example of an adaptation writing something that fits into its source material perfectly, rather than an example of an adaptation benefiting by staying true to Austens writing.

[Romy-]

Dakota Johnson was such a wrong casting choice for this movie. Like someone on Twitter said: "She looks like someone who knows what a phone is."
Her acting and her looks are way too modern. Not to mention her accent and the obvious amount of make-up (lipstick) they used on her...
She just doesn't convince me that I am watching a period movie.