Persuasion
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): July 15, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 37 Critic Reviews
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10
Mixed:
16
Negative:
11
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Slant MagazineJake ColeJul 7, 2022
The film proves again that the modern-day veneration of Jane Austen as the patron saint of the rom-com is also an act of simplification. Read full review
30
We Got This CoveredAlejandra MartinezJul 18, 2022
Persuasion is a disastrously misguided Jane Austen adaptation that condescends, talks down to, and tries to hand-hold its audience at every turn. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangJul 13, 2022
Like even the lousiest Regency-era frippery, it has its intermittent pleasures, most of them visual. No movie that finds Dakota Johnson modeling high-waisted frocks against the Lyme Regis seawall or the lush Somersetshire countryside could be called a complete waste of time. Read full review
30
Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganJul 8, 2022
It’s not hard to figure out the recipe that resulted in Netflix’s Persuasion arriving half-baked from the streamer’s busy oven. Take one measure from Clueless. Cast an American actor as the lead (Dakota Johnson). Turn Jane Austen’s most mature heroine into a Bridget Jones, slugging red wine from the bottle and winking at the camera. Filter it all through a Regency Britain that comes straight from Bridgerton. Shake, too hard, and try not to cringe as the cake collapses. Read full review
25
The AtlanticDavid SimsJul 21, 2022
Persuasion at times seems embarrassed by its source material, or at least overeager to spruce it up for audiences that might not be able to handle a gentler pace. The result is harried and forgettable—the complete opposite of Austen’s quietest, noblest heroine. Read full review
25
The PlaylistRafaela Sales RossJul 15, 2022
The beloved characters constructed by Austen are rendered insipid in this retelling that can’t quite seem to find its footing, trapped between a desire to dip into hip modernism and an inherent pull towards the original material. Read full review
25
Original-CinLiam LaceyJul 14, 2022
A wearying spoof, the film, with its Regency-era setting, takes a smart, sombre drama and turns it into a juvenile inanity. Read full review
20
VoxConstance GradyJul 21, 2022
It’s hard to overstate just how bad Netflix’s Persuasion is, and in how many ways. Read full review
20
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeJul 9, 2022
This adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, by the theatre director Carrie Cracknell, from a screenplay by Ron Bass and Alice Victoria Winslow, is a travesty. Read full review
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The IndependentClarisse LoughreyJul 8, 2022
Above all, at no point during Carrie Cracknell’s directorial debut do you ever get the sense that anyone’s actually read Persuasion. Read full review
10
SlateDana StevensJul 13, 2022
Sadly Persuasion, not only the worst Austen adaptation but one of the worst movies in recent memory, delivers on all the agony and none of the hope. Read full review
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