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Persuasion's best people are the worst

All is not completely lost in the Netflix adaptation, thanks to some unlikable minor roles

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A broken love

Jane Austen, regarded as one of the first rom-com authors, has had another classic adapted for the big screen again in Persuasion, a new period drama starring Dakota Johnson (Fifty Shades Of Grey) as an 1800s woman with modern sensibilities who has a second chance to reconnect with the love…

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Persuasion: Netflix viewers call out ‘cringey’ dialogue in new Jane Austen adaptation

Dakota Johnson’s lines in the film are infuriating Jane Austen fans

The Independent UK

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I think Dakota Johnson’s kitchen changed my life

The ‘Persuasion’ star’s kitchen became a viral sensation in 2020. For Adam White, though, it inspired a new way of looking at home furnishings, interior design, and the world itself. Seriously.

The Independent UK

11 incredible stately homes from TV and film you can visit in real life

From Bridgerton to Lara Croft, stately homes are a fixture in TV and cinema

The Independent UK

Persuasion: Netflix viewers call out ‘cringey’ dialogue in new Jane Austen adaptation

Dakota Johnson’s lines in the film are infuriating Jane Austen fans

The Independent UK

I think Dakota Johnson’s kitchen changed my life

The ‘Persuasion’ star’s kitchen became a viral sensation in 2020. For Adam White, though, it inspired a new way of looking at home furnishings, interior design, and the world itself. Seriously.

The Independent UK

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New on Netflix in July 2022: Every movie and TV series coming to streaming service

Full list of every title being added in next 31 days

The Independent UK

Persuasion: Netflix viewers call out ‘cringey’ dialogue in new Jane Austen adaptation

Dakota Johnson’s lines in the film are infuriating Jane Austen fans

The Independent UK

Netflix’s Persuasion Starring Dakota Johnson Hath Landed And Twitter Is Ripping It To Shreds

"It insults the audience's intelligence."

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Who is in the Persuasion cast for Netflix's newest Jane Austen adaptation

Persuasion is now available to watch on Netflix

Manchester Evening News

Persuasion: 11 stately homes from TV and film you can visit in real life

From Bridgerton to Lara Croft, stately homes are a fixture in TV and cinema

The Independent UK

TV tonight: insiders reveal big royal wedding disasters

Find out what happens behind-the-scenes when the monarchy gets hitched. Plus: a Dolly Parton extravaganza. Here’s everything to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Persuasion: Costume designer reveals why Dakota Johnson’s input was ‘vital’

As Dakota Johnson appears in the new Jane Austen adaptation, Lorelei Marfil speaks to the film’s costume designer about the input the star had on the outfits and the problem Brexit posed to the film’s top hats

The Independent UK

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Netflix Persuasion adaptation starring Dakota Johnson jettisons Jane Austen’s class concerns in favour of contemporary appeal

Netflix's new adaptation of Persuasion stars 50 Shades of Grey's Dakota Johnson as a messy millennial who swigs wine from the bottle while lusting after her ex.

The Independent UK

Persuasion: Netflix movie branded ‘torture’ to watch and ‘the worst Jane Austen adaptation ever’

Film’s being called ‘a travesty’, ‘inexcusable’ and ‘torture’

The Guardian - US

Turning Persuasion into Jane Austen’s Fleabag was a truly terrible idea

Netflix’s attempt to modernize the classic novel has led to a disaster of anachronistic dialogue and annoyingly wry glances at the camera

The New Daily

Exes, alcohol and loose historical licence: Why Netflix’s Persuasion is Jane Austen via Fleabag

Netflix’s Persuasion is a surprisingly faithful adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel, in terms of plot. But it's a distinctly modern rom-com in terms of tone.

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'Crawdads,' 'Persuasion': Movies to see (or skip) this weekend

A Carolina drama, a shell with shoes and a Jane Austen adaptation are among the week's new movies.

The Guardian - UK

Martha Marcy May Marlene to Persuasion: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Elizabeth Olsen makes her escape from a sinister cult, while Dakota Johnson frocks up for a trip to Austenland

Tribune News Service

Review: Dakota Johnson is bewitching in Jane Austen adaptation 'Persuasion'

Dakota Johnson is nothing less than enchanting in "Persuasion," director Carrie Cracknell's modern-in-attitude adaptation of Jane Austen's 200-year-old novel.

Daily Mirror

Dakota Johnson’s love life as Fifty Shades of Grey actress stars in Netflix's Persuasion

The star, who gained notoriety after her role in the 50 Shades of Grey franchise, is starring in the Netflix adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion where she plays a hopeful romantic

The Conversation

Exes, alcohol and loose historical licence: why Netflix's Persuasion is Jane Austen via Fleabag

Netflix’s Persuasion is a surprisingly faithful adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel, in terms of plot structure. It follows the second-chance romance of Anne Elliot (Dakota Johnson) and Captain Frederick Wentworth (Cosmo Jarvis) through almost exactly the same beats and events as the book.

Los Angeles Times

Review: Netflix's Jane Austen adaptation 'Persuasion' is a dreadful film, never to be borne

To begin with a perhaps quintessentially Jane Austen question: Which of these two do you prefer?

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Persuasion’: Breezy romance updates Jane Austen novel with modern language and rhythms

Likable Dakota Johnson stars as the 19th century heroine reunited with the suitor she jilted.

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