| Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): July 15, 2022 | CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION | ||
|
Positive:
10
Mixed:
16
Negative:
11
|
Watch Now
| Stream On |
|
Critic Reviews
Jul 13, 2022
Jul 15, 2022
Despite these modern constraints, Cracknell’s adaptation crackles with life. Especially with an effervescent actress and hunky actor delivering compelling performances—in Johnson’s case, sometimes directly to the camera—this funny, poignant and enrapturing film gives ingenious new power to some of the Jane Austen’s greatest hits.
Read full review
IndieWireJul 8, 2022
onally similar to Autumn de Wilde’s sprightly (and critically lauded) “Emma,” the first-time filmmaker’s cheeky and original debut seems to have been the victim of some messy marketing. The final product is, yes, fun and contemporary, but also suffused with the deep longing of its heroine, Anne Elliot (Dakota Johnson, game as anyone to bridge seemingly disparate tones).
Read full review
Jul 8, 2022
Persuasion is sufficiently bold and consistent with its flagrant liberties to get away with them. It also helps that the novel’s long-suffering protagonist, Anne Elliot, has been given irrepressible spirit and an irreverent sense of irony in Dakota Johnson’s incandescent performance.
Read full review
Current Movie Releases
By MetascoreBy User Score
