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I'm so happy to have found this adaptation of my favorite of Jane Austens books. After reading and enjoying it so much I was disapointed by the more recent film. THis one does is superbly. Thank you for putting this up that I should find it and enjoy it.
Probably my favorite Austen novel! The protagonist is supposed to be past her prime...almost headed to old age. Austen tosses us a bone called hope. Yes, there is hope for all singles...
I really don't think that Elizabeth is pretty enough and anne is too old. She is only supposed to be 26 in the book. The actress looks to be in her late 30s.
Elizabeth was... ehm... not the exactly the handsomest woman I have ever seen but.. I suppose she has a good side hidden somewhere.. out of sight.. heh.. heh..
I have 2 say....i am sorry as much as i love the story, the actors and actresses are very unattractive and I am rather put off by this version =] but those of you who like it i have no problem with.
I have never seen any version of this movie. I always intended to read the book
first, but since I have come across this I will give it a shot. I have read Pride &
Prejudice many times. I have 4 versions of P&P. My 2 fav are w/ Colin Firth & Jennifer Ehle, & Elizabeth & David Rintoul. I Do like the B&W classic w/ Greer Garson& Lawrance Oliviar. There's some really good scenes in Keira K-Y's verson she's fine. To each his own. Erik & Vsangel it's nice to run into you again remb-r me B&B?
Hmm... was that Aunt Petunia. I remember actors by the first characters I can remember seeing them play. To this day when I watch The Secret Garden my first thought is "Professor McGonagall!"
i usually love jane austen; the casting is so bad i can't watch. lead character is too old and acting is bad - she needs to watch the lead actress in mansfield park that you uploaded.
@ErikandVsangel I think she would like to have been able to do so, but she was penned in by societal constraints, which disallowed women's independence, unless they had the money through INHERITANCE to be independent. She was dependent on the kindness of others. Men were allowed to EARN money in a respectable manner; women were not.
@Vermontist yes i understand that but her own sisters took advantage of her kindness and were both rude to her at times, which was what i meant by her standing up for herself....
Thank god for movies. I've been reading the novel for a class that I have, but honestly I don't find it ridiculously entertaining. Doesn't Mr Sheperd look like John lennon?
Oh dear god THAT's Ann? According to the book, she's supposed to be pretty! I mean a little "past her prime" but good-looking. Who's that hag? Sorry, i know it's shallow, but I can no longer watch... OMG, I think I see a moustache.
@KittenToez while I find the actors to be very talented, I must admit that they could have used a better Ann. You're right, the book described her as being pretty....I don't know what happened to Elizabeth either! I don't think that makes us shallow, I mean the book clearly stated them as being beautiful....
@shangoshun I think that Amanda Root as Anne is alright, especially as she's giving such a fine performance, but I agree about Elizabeth who is supposed to be regal, if not very beautiful.
This is one my all time favourite movies. Ciaran HInds and Amanda Root play this movie so very well. The the scene where they meet at the back of the church and have realized they still love each other. Oh My. my heart stopped! The romance almost made me cry!
persuasion is my favorite jane austen novel, because the romance is deeper and stronger than the other books. I also like how the heroine is older and more mature. it's all so understated and beautiful!
Anne's sister Mary is a po-faced, skinny whiney rat-bag... And 'I should not like to know her better at at all...' Mrs Clay is 'on the make' after Anne's father and her Dad is a vain.pompous ass...
He makes me so angry, in his treatment of Anne... BUT I have read the book so I know the less deserving get their cum-uppance... :0)x
maybe its the order i watched them in, but i prefer this version to the 2007 one... the 2007 seemed a little dry after this. plus ciaran hinds....well, enough said. :)
Original music by Jeremy Sams?? They play Chopin most of the time, which is a very good choice, I think. After a Chopin prelude Sams alters it and composes it to death. Yes, great work. ;-)
I really like this version and I really like the 2007 version... Heh. I just like this story. But I do have to say that 2007 is my favorite of the two.
They are all extremely old-looking compared to what the book describes. And no, they don't grow on you. Not me at least. They look more like they're in their 40s.
Umm I cannot agree. I think in tone and visuals the 2007 version is so much better. The actor who plays the father in the other film to me was more in the line of what you would imagine him to be.
This is an extremely fine film version of Persuasion, immeasurably better than the 2007 adaptation, which I found so extremely bad that I had to force myself to watch it to the end, and regretted that I had done so. Thanks for posting.
This is a good adaption, but I really dislike the way this actress plays Elizabeth: she is supposed to be very pretty and no matter how silly she is, she would have acted as a lady, in stead of just laying there in her chair and eating chocolates.
Its true that the two leads look a little old. However. I'm not sure if thats what the producers intended but I think it gets across the idea of being 'past it' particularly in Anne's case. 27 was, at the time, a very late age to be unmarried. Nowadays a comparable age for a woman would be late 30s going on 40, I beleive the actress was mid-thirties when she did this role.
This version is more artistic, than the one made in 2007. The Run Rabbit Run scene was pathetic and their kiss (2007) was painful to watch. Really. I am yet to read a book, but this version explains who is who so much better. This Anne looks very warm-hearted and truly devoted to her hero (not out of desperation but out of love and life philosophy)
@Ivorybird09 The heroine in the 2007 version spent so much time running around and crying to herself; it's a wonder she didn't get winded. Those voice-overs were tiresome also. Also, while I think Anthony Head is a fine actor, his Walter Elliott is a harsh man, vicious and tyrannical, compared to the doddering fool we see here, which is a much better portrayal of a man lacking in sense.
this movie is so amazing - it totally captures the feel of the book!! and you really feel for anne; her family is so wacked! i don't know how she turned out so well...LOVE HER!
Here I am ... back again ... to watch this film for the umpteenth time. I just love this version of the story!. Mansfieldparkmovie ... if I havent said this before - THANK YOU SO MUCH for uploading this - you are a star!!! :)
this is by far the best version imo. yeah i like sally hawkins and she did a good job. but amanda root just embodies Anne. shes who i picture whenever i read the book. and i LOVED ciaran hinds. no contest between him and the other guy
Can anyone RECOMMEND ANY MOVIES that are similar in genre? I've seen both versions of all the Austen stuff, saw North&South, Wives&Daughters, DuelofHearts, a few others, but I've run out of movies and can't seem to find any new good ones along the Austen themes. Wuthering Hts. was too dark/morbid for my taste. ANY SUGGESTIONS? Thanks!
Much as I like Sally Hawkins, I find I enjoy the cast/version of Persuasion so much better than the more recent ones. I'm a Ciaran Hinds fan, anyway. I like the actresses who played the sisters in this version better.
Definitely prefer this version to the 2007 Masterpiece Theater one. May not be the best Jane Austen novel, but the one that tugs at my heartstrings the most.
One thing I like about this movie is that she gets progressively prettier over the course of the film as she and Wentworth are reunited and fall back in love. By the end she's gorgeous.
The music is wonderful. The incidental music was written by the performer, I believe. So talented. The Chopin and Bach are so very well played!
How could anyone fault Amanda Root for this performance? I would much rather see a normal looking Anne than a Keira Knightley type, wouldn't you? (And Keira can't act.) What's wrong w/ a love story about normal looking people?
don't mention her. They butchered the book by casting her. Darcy was great, Bingly was still better, but Knightley as Lizzy? Nope, the 90ies Austen-adaptations were certainly better than the 2000.
@suzearl i know it´s your opinion...but as much as u don´t like keira as lizzy u can´t say that she can´t act! and why isn´t she normal looking?
anyway..so far i´ve liked every austen-film:)
but i have to say that i prefer this version to the new one. (same with emma, i like the paltrow version more than the new one, but they are both great^^)
@suzearl I understand your comment about 'normal looking,' especially concerning Jane Austen casting. However I challenge the notion that Keira can't act. I believe she has done some amazing work, i.e. Dr. Zhivago or Domino...
Arghhhhh I know Sir Walter is fictional, but I'm a huge supporter of the Navy, and . . .well his remarks just make me want to wring his little neck. At least Ann has the good taste to marry a salior. Go Ann!
First things first--a novel of genius, surpassing genius, by a writer in the company of Shakespeare--also I think this is the best adaptation of an Austen novel I have seen--the way the film fuses the two endings (her rewrite when she was dying by far the better) is splendid. Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds are wonderful.
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@kaibear123 HA! I'll be the only one to give you a thumbs UP for that. In fact, I wish that I had more thumbs so that I could point them up for your comment. I completely agree. Its difficult to watch a movie with people in it that are hard on the eyes. It takes some of the joy out of the movie.
The longer you look at Anne, the prettier she gets. I think that's the effect that they want. Because Jane Austen wrote Anne to be plain. But her beauty shines from the inside as opposed to her sister and Mrs. Clay.
@wackycheez Jane Austen absolutely did NOT write Anne to be plain. She wrote her to be 27 years old and grown thin and haggard from lack of love. Jane very plainly introduces Anne as having been a "very pretty girl" and speaks of "her delicate features and mild dark eyes", and later talks of Anne's "very pretty, very regular features". When love comes back into Anne's life, her beauty returns as well.
@wackycheez i agree that she gets prettier but jane austen didnt write anne to be plain. i am rereading the book for the umpteenth time and it clearly says anne was pretty but that her beauty faded after refusing wentworth.
Anne was supposed to be plain?? I think she's beautiful because she's played by Amanda Root. Her voice is every bit as pretty as her face. But she seems unhappy, and her eyes always look wide and scared like Cousin Alfie's when he was little and curly-haired.
Yeah, Anne's not so cute in this version...In the novel her appearances improve when she goes to Lyme. I haven't watched the whole thing yet, but I imagine they'll spruce her costumes and makeup up a bit later in the film to reflect this transformation?
I love this version very much and found it to be quite like the book. The cast is especially wonderful, big fan of Ciaran Hinds, he makes quite the dashing Captain Wentworth.
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I dont get the feel of this version being a Jane austen flick. The Ann Firbank and Bryan Marshall version is perfect. Ann is perfect in that presentation.This ann has no character, no intelligence, no confidence, no grace.
Thanks for posting..I love this version.. Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds are wonderful...the rest of the cast is too.. I wore mine out and need to order another.
If Amanda Root is 27, I am 3. All the people in this opening seen are so incredibly awkward it was almost painful to watch. I'm not sure I can keep trying. The 2007 version is incredibly beautiful, however.
I have to agree with you on that, and i'm actually a fan of Ciaran and Amanda normally, its just in this they seem to look very uncomfortable in their roles, especially Amanda, but i love the story and the 2007 version.
Have you read the book? The whole of the discussion and Anne's life is uncomfortable with her father and older sister. That's the point. She is playing it perfectly.
Yes i own the book and have read it several times. I appreciate and know that Anne has lost her bloom and the relationship with her father and older sister is uncomfortable to her, but even when she's away from them in Lyme Amanda still didnt look comfortable in the role.
I'll watch this version again at some point and maybe it will grow on me more.
I too , was mesmerized by this version of Persuasion. Amanda Root was brilliant as was Mr. Hinds. It was great to see Pheobe Nichols again so long after her Brideshead Revisited days! The locations are wonderful, the music perfect and I love the strong autumnal look and feel of the movie!!
At least "decent" girls didn't wear too much... But if you read the novel, sir Walter talks about makeup as if it's a natural thing to use for his daughters: he assumes Ann is wearing a good skin product at one point because her complexion has bettered (really from her happiness).
Love this version. Amanda Root as Anne Elliot and Ciarán Hinds as Captain Wentworth are marvelous! It took me the first time through to appreciate the well-written script and casting. But, it is now a favorite :)
I love this adaptation and i love the book, fantastic story (I even prefer this novel to pride and prejudice - which is another great book with the 1995 adaptation being among the best) i saw amanda root - anne- in tesco in teddington a few years ago but managed to restrain myself from bellowing out that i love her in this film lol!
This movie is becoming one of my all time favorites. The british are brillant when it comes to adaptions from novels
(90%) of the time. not trying to offended anyone with that. sorry if i do. This is jsut pretty faithful to the book and It's one of my favorite novels of all time. rare to love a movie and the book!!! thanks for posting!!!
Wonderful characterizations of all the roles in this movie. Elizabeth is rude to Anne, her father is a shallow cockscomb of a man who looks down on everyone but lives beyond his means; and Anne is the dutiful daughter to her family . I loved the novel when I read it and this adaptation is very faithful. Thanks for posting.
The 1995 version is the BEST. Amanda Root is wonderful, although they could have gotten a prettier actress to play Elizabeth Elliott --- to better parallel the book. The 2007 version was (in my opinion) terrible, no where near the novel, the acting was forced and appalling and the actors ill-cast.
This adaptation does healthy justice to Austen's novel. I wish I had come across this version before the '07 one. Ciaran holds commanding presence, doesn't he?
Ciaran Hinds really gave this adaption the justice it deserved, he was the one who made this my most loved version, i got bored very quickly in the other adaptions and this one i have continued to come back to time and time again.
i like this version of Persuasion than the other one as well. The 2007 adaptaion is bland, you hardly feel the emotion and spark between anne and capt. wentworth
I admit I like this version alot better than aonther one I saw. Don't know the other actress in it; but someone surely needed to teach her how to do a kissing scene. This is by far the better of the two I've seen (though I did like the endinf of the other better)
Here I am to watch this AGAIN!! ... for the umpteenth time. This is my favourite Austen - *sigh*
Shinkansen91 10 months ago
maybe I am shallow but I cannot help but say thank goodness for books
they allow you to shape the characters' looks to your own convinience
to my reckoning anne was pretty not beautiful but pretty
captain wentworth was most definetely described as handsome and was certainly not so old
and as for elizabeth! heavens wasn't she supposed to be the beautidul Miss Elliot?
I cannot watch this
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bleyendfaith 11 months ago 3
I'm so happy to have found this adaptation of my favorite of Jane Austens books. After reading and enjoying it so much I was disapointed by the more recent film. THis one does is superbly. Thank you for putting this up that I should find it and enjoy it.
OrangeBubbly 11 months ago
Probably my favorite Austen novel! The protagonist is supposed to be past her prime...almost headed to old age. Austen tosses us a bone called hope. Yes, there is hope for all singles...
sinstrtr 1 year ago 4
I really don't think that Elizabeth is pretty enough and anne is too old. She is only supposed to be 26 in the book. The actress looks to be in her late 30s.
salyo1 1 year ago
Elizabeth was... ehm... not the exactly the handsomest woman I have ever seen but.. I suppose she has a good side hidden somewhere.. out of sight.. heh.. heh..
Helcaloth 1 year ago
The girls in this are not very handsome....
Ballet4Everz 1 year ago
I have 2 say....i am sorry as much as i love the story, the actors and actresses are very unattractive and I am rather put off by this version =] but those of you who like it i have no problem with.
nessacheng 1 year ago
@nessacheng you sound like that bloody snob sir walter elliot, , i like jane austen novels but they were all such a bunch of toffee nosed snobs.
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BentonCahill 1 year ago
I have never seen any version of this movie. I always intended to read the book
first, but since I have come across this I will give it a shot. I have read Pride &
Prejudice many times. I have 4 versions of P&P. My 2 fav are w/ Colin Firth & Jennifer Ehle, & Elizabeth & David Rintoul. I Do like the B&W classic w/ Greer Garson& Lawrance Oliviar. There's some really good scenes in Keira K-Y's verson she's fine. To each his own. Erik & Vsangel it's nice to run into you again remb-r me B&B?
outerspaceoutpost 1 year ago
Anne is supposed to be dull. Her own family despised her. Her father here is perfect . And the end is magnificent.
multical100 1 year ago 2
@multical100 In the book, she is described as sweet and gentle. She is not dull.
japeeisalwaysthebest 1 year ago
Hmm... was that Aunt Petunia. I remember actors by the first characters I can remember seeing them play. To this day when I watch The Secret Garden my first thought is "Professor McGonagall!"
writingal2 1 year ago
@postmoderna7
"Shallowtude" is priceless.
KittenToez 1 year ago
i usually love jane austen; the casting is so bad i can't watch. lead character is too old and acting is bad - she needs to watch the lead actress in mansfield park that you uploaded.
lasinlo 1 year ago
why does everyone think they can boss Anne around and make decisions for her it annoys me......Anne, grow a backbone and tell them no or something
ErikandVsangel 1 year ago
@ErikandVsangel I think she would like to have been able to do so, but she was penned in by societal constraints, which disallowed women's independence, unless they had the money through INHERITANCE to be independent. She was dependent on the kindness of others. Men were allowed to EARN money in a respectable manner; women were not.
Vermontist 1 year ago
@Vermontist yes i understand that but her own sisters took advantage of her kindness and were both rude to her at times, which was what i meant by her standing up for herself....
ErikandVsangel 1 year ago
ElizaBEAST!!!! Damn that chick ugly as fuck!!
babytooty04 1 year ago
Thank god for movies. I've been reading the novel for a class that I have, but honestly I don't find it ridiculously entertaining. Doesn't Mr Sheperd look like John lennon?
shangoshun 1 year ago
Oh my gosh! Could somebody please do an adaptation of Persuasion with a good looking Anne?!
marrymestevenash 1 year ago
@marrymestevenash
Have you seen the 2007 adaptation by ITV? ( Captain Wentworth looks good in this one, I can assure you;P)
EverlastingxHope 1 year ago
Oh dear god THAT's Ann? According to the book, she's supposed to be pretty! I mean a little "past her prime" but good-looking. Who's that hag? Sorry, i know it's shallow, but I can no longer watch... OMG, I think I see a moustache.
KittenToez 1 year ago
@KittenToez You are spot on i cannot watch either, i suppose that makes me shallow also.
SuperMagnum83 1 year ago
@KittenToez while I find the actors to be very talented, I must admit that they could have used a better Ann. You're right, the book described her as being pretty....I don't know what happened to Elizabeth either! I don't think that makes us shallow, I mean the book clearly stated them as being beautiful....
shangoshun 1 year ago
@shangoshun
(sad look) We're bad people.
KittenToez 1 year ago
@KittenToez hahahaha I guess we are :D
shangoshun 1 year ago
@shangoshun I think that Amanda Root as Anne is alright, especially as she's giving such a fine performance, but I agree about Elizabeth who is supposed to be regal, if not very beautiful.
suwaidajalal 1 year ago
This version cleverly recreates the characters crafted by Jane Austen. I love it!
labond222 1 year ago
UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMm wheres Rupert PJ? Oh yeah its the itv one with him in.....riiiiiight gunna go watch that now......
givemeahugNOW 1 year ago
This is one my all time favourite movies. Ciaran HInds and Amanda Root play this movie so very well. The the scene where they meet at the back of the church and have realized they still love each other. Oh My. my heart stopped! The romance almost made me cry!
cgad66 1 year ago
mrs. Croft is Dudley Dursley's mother, Harry Potter's aunt! how delightful.
BlessInkompetence 1 year ago
@BlessInkompetence love it
givemeahugNOW 1 year ago
persuasion is my favorite jane austen novel, because the romance is deeper and stronger than the other books. I also like how the heroine is older and more mature. it's all so understated and beautiful!
TheMechanicalHound 1 year ago 5
@TheMechanicalHound Exactly. Could not have said it better myself.
wmhoad 1 year ago
I thought Elizabeth should be beautiful? But she's not so beautiful here. I think I have to read the novel further. :)
zashie84th 1 year ago
thank u
hutdsv 1 year ago
I love this version, so atmospheric and sets the mood of Anne when she has withdrawn herself from life
piedwagtailrameau 1 year ago 2
One of my favorite versions of Persuasion. Thank you for posting!
scamps218 1 year ago
Love this book and this version of it. It is way better than the 2007 version. i also like the book a lot better than Pride and Prejudice.
Wiganopoly1 1 year ago
Anne's sister Mary is a po-faced, skinny whiney rat-bag... And 'I should not like to know her better at at all...' Mrs Clay is 'on the make' after Anne's father and her Dad is a vain.pompous ass...
He makes me so angry, in his treatment of Anne... BUT I have read the book so I know the less deserving get their cum-uppance... :0)x
wenglishsal 1 year ago
The most romantic Austen book by far. This is certainly the best adaptation too. Thanks for posting!
aquablushgirl 1 year ago 3
this is my favorite version!! Thanks!
Imapeach1 1 year ago
JANE AUSTEN??? HELP ME OUT !!!!
BOSS6868 1 year ago
This is my favorite Jane Austen novel. I like both film versions of Persuasion, but Redgrave is sublime in this.
doorsgirl100 1 year ago
LOVE this version!! The 2007 version pales in comparison after watching this.
hornesc1989 1 year ago
Corin Redgrave plays an excellent Mr. Eliot. So ridiculous and vain!
enigmaticallyso 1 year ago
this is phenomenal
rcf789 1 year ago
Elizabitch.
MrZebraZombie 1 year ago 45
@MrZebraZombie Oh my god. I'm dying xD
dinovrsrobot 1 year ago
@MrZebraZombie must agree with you ,she is one and a big one..
sara874 1 year ago
maybe its the order i watched them in, but i prefer this version to the 2007 one... the 2007 seemed a little dry after this. plus ciaran hinds....well, enough said. :)
ahenmaxtae 1 year ago
This adaptation is superb...it really captures an atmosphere. Crawling into one of my all time favourites
stapleshot85 1 year ago
Original music by Jeremy Sams?? They play Chopin most of the time, which is a very good choice, I think. After a Chopin prelude Sams alters it and composes it to death. Yes, great work. ;-)
silverbud 1 year ago
I agree with you. This is the best version of Persuasion. Amanda Root was just perfect, and so was Ciaran Hinds.
ao666ofDarkside 1 year ago 2
I really like this version and I really like the 2007 version... Heh. I just like this story. But I do have to say that 2007 is my favorite of the two.
JrOrion 1 year ago 2
They are all extremely old-looking compared to what the book describes. And no, they don't grow on you. Not me at least. They look more like they're in their 40s.
jaifromwi 1 year ago
Bought the 2007 version today and it was so beautiful!! :)
tsewacceber 1 year ago 2
Umm I cannot agree. I think in tone and visuals the 2007 version is so much better. The actor who plays the father in the other film to me was more in the line of what you would imagine him to be.
lizardshade 1 year ago
Here I am ... watching this film again!!! :) - I do believe I have lost count of the number of times I keep coming back to this ... LOL!
Shinkansen91 1 year ago
@Shinkansen91 Hey don't feel so bad I've watched it quite a few times myself. LOL
soulgirl66 1 year ago
@soulgirl66 - LOL - you're a PERSUASION addict too eh! :) Nice to know that that I'm not the only one!!
Shinkansen91 1 year ago
the actress who plays anne played miss.temple in jane erye once!
gaxzy 1 year ago
This is an extremely fine film version of Persuasion, immeasurably better than the 2007 adaptation, which I found so extremely bad that I had to force myself to watch it to the end, and regretted that I had done so. Thanks for posting.
kkallebb 1 year ago
This is a good adaption, but I really dislike the way this actress plays Elizabeth: she is supposed to be very pretty and no matter how silly she is, she would have acted as a lady, in stead of just laying there in her chair and eating chocolates.
Ronait 1 year ago
This is one of those movies that grows on you and before you know it-it's one of your favorite. Thank you very much for posting this!
eurobaby460 1 year ago
Its true that the two leads look a little old. However. I'm not sure if thats what the producers intended but I think it gets across the idea of being 'past it' particularly in Anne's case. 27 was, at the time, a very late age to be unmarried. Nowadays a comparable age for a woman would be late 30s going on 40, I beleive the actress was mid-thirties when she did this role.
Roseliptillgirl 1 year ago
best film adaptation of austen better even than P&P
vivascargill 1 year ago
This version is more artistic, than the one made in 2007. The Run Rabbit Run scene was pathetic and their kiss (2007) was painful to watch. Really. I am yet to read a book, but this version explains who is who so much better. This Anne looks very warm-hearted and truly devoted to her hero (not out of desperation but out of love and life philosophy)
Ivorybird09 1 year ago
@Ivorybird09 The heroine in the 2007 version spent so much time running around and crying to herself; it's a wonder she didn't get winded. Those voice-overs were tiresome also. Also, while I think Anthony Head is a fine actor, his Walter Elliott is a harsh man, vicious and tyrannical, compared to the doddering fool we see here, which is a much better portrayal of a man lacking in sense.
QueenBoadicea 1 year ago
a good movie :)
sapphirewolf09 1 year ago
but she's horrible!!!!!!
giulymany 1 year ago
An excellent version of this story, although the two main actors were a bit old for the parts.
kdepinalex 1 year ago
this movie is so amazing - it totally captures the feel of the book!! and you really feel for anne; her family is so wacked! i don't know how she turned out so well...LOVE HER!
justalittlebookworm 1 year ago
Here I am ... back again ... to watch this film for the umpteenth time. I just love this version of the story!. Mansfieldparkmovie ... if I havent said this before - THANK YOU SO MUCH for uploading this - you are a star!!! :)
Shinkansen91 1 year ago
R.I.P. Corin
4DECO1 1 year ago
this is by far the best version imo. yeah i like sally hawkins and she did a good job. but amanda root just embodies Anne. shes who i picture whenever i read the book. and i LOVED ciaran hinds. no contest between him and the other guy
chanman67chevy 1 year ago 3
is this version or the 2000's version more accurate to the book?
pastaroni 1 year ago
IMHO, this one... but both take liberties of course...
anisete46 1 year ago 4
@pastaroni This one is more accurate, not only to the book but to the times. No Bath marathons!
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frivoller 1 year ago
Much as I like Sally Hawkins, I find I enjoy the cast/version of Persuasion so much better than the more recent ones. I'm a Ciaran Hinds fan, anyway. I like the actresses who played the sisters in this version better.
murphyclm 1 year ago 3
Okay, as much as I enjoyed seeing Adam from Spooks just looking fine, this production is step beyond (of course, IMHO)
SeeThinkFall 1 year ago
Well, we all have 'our' own opinion, which is
better, I think the Sally Hawkins/Rupert Penry
Jones is so much better, Hawkins & Jones
are superb!! so, it's hard to say which is better,
it just depends on the person...
graciebullie 1 year ago
Definitely prefer this version to the 2007 Masterpiece Theater one. May not be the best Jane Austen novel, but the one that tugs at my heartstrings the most.
enthatrd 1 year ago
i have to totally agree!
IchSachSieSacht 1 year ago
Goodness if I had a sister like that.
TVwriter23 1 year ago
sorry but ann is AWFUL
esinilhan 1 year ago
I love this movie my only thought is Ann could be beautiful if they just changed her hairstyle a bit.
skydancinghobbit 1 year ago 2
One thing I like about this movie is that she gets progressively prettier over the course of the film as she and Wentworth are reunited and fall back in love. By the end she's gorgeous.
Mare416 1 year ago 4
I'm reading the book for the moment and that's exactly how they describe her in the book...
millie1235 1 year ago
agreed...she's glowing by the end and Ann is still my fav character besides Fanny
saintesavine 1 year ago
The music is wonderful. The incidental music was written by the performer, I believe. So talented. The Chopin and Bach are so very well played!
How could anyone fault Amanda Root for this performance? I would much rather see a normal looking Anne than a Keira Knightley type, wouldn't you? (And Keira can't act.) What's wrong w/ a love story about normal looking people?
suzearl 1 year ago 32
don't mention her. They butchered the book by casting her. Darcy was great, Bingly was still better, but Knightley as Lizzy? Nope, the 90ies Austen-adaptations were certainly better than the 2000.
burnallbridges 1 year ago 5
@suzearl i know it´s your opinion...but as much as u don´t like keira as lizzy u can´t say that she can´t act! and why isn´t she normal looking?
anyway..so far i´ve liked every austen-film:)
but i have to say that i prefer this version to the new one. (same with emma, i like the paltrow version more than the new one, but they are both great^^)
Lilithly 1 year ago
@suzearl Agreed! And in the book, she wasn't even supposed to be pretty!
Me1231ful 1 year ago
@suzearl I understand your comment about 'normal looking,' especially concerning Jane Austen casting. However I challenge the notion that Keira can't act. I believe she has done some amazing work, i.e. Dr. Zhivago or Domino...
saskbird 1 year ago
This is the adaptation I've wanted to see, I did'nt know what year it was. Thank you so much for posting!
Bedeborah 1 year ago
This my favorite adaptation of the novel, which I have read a few times. It is my second fav Austen book behind Pride and Predujice (of course).
wmhoad 1 year ago 3
Arghhhhh I know Sir Walter is fictional, but I'm a huge supporter of the Navy, and . . .well his remarks just make me want to wring his little neck. At least Ann has the good taste to marry a salior. Go Ann!
BrettandHolmes 2 years ago
Man, her sister is a major turd.
phantomphan77 2 years ago 2
First things first--a novel of genius, surpassing genius, by a writer in the company of Shakespeare--also I think this is the best adaptation of an Austen novel I have seen--the way the film fuses the two endings (her rewrite when she was dying by far the better) is splendid. Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds are wonderful.
vivascargill 2 years ago 5
beautifully shot - very impressive
atavistos 2 years ago
I think Anne looks like she is not happy and satisfied with her life, but her features are pretty.
hvbpieringer 2 years ago 5
anything done by the bbc is always good :D
Alicex8x8x 2 years ago 2
Except Northanger Abbey. God did they screw that up...
pinkneonglowstick 2 years ago
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why are they all ugly >:O
kaibear123 2 years ago
i agree her sister looks like a rat lol. haha i will thumbs down for this comment.
4eBitter 2 years ago
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@kaibear123 HA! I'll be the only one to give you a thumbs UP for that. In fact, I wish that I had more thumbs so that I could point them up for your comment. I completely agree. Its difficult to watch a movie with people in it that are hard on the eyes. It takes some of the joy out of the movie.
phantomphan77 2 years ago
wau...Ciaran Hinds ,,,oh :o)
SavaLady 2 years ago
i liked the book. but i tought they would put prettier actors XD but i think anne and th captain were well chosed
joanadarcns 2 years ago
I think this movie is great it's a lot like the book. But I like the 2007 version too ^^
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texasearls 2 years ago
The longer you look at Anne, the prettier she gets. I think that's the effect that they want. Because Jane Austen wrote Anne to be plain. But her beauty shines from the inside as opposed to her sister and Mrs. Clay.
wackycheez 2 years ago 71
@wackycheez Jane Austen absolutely did NOT write Anne to be plain. She wrote her to be 27 years old and grown thin and haggard from lack of love. Jane very plainly introduces Anne as having been a "very pretty girl" and speaks of "her delicate features and mild dark eyes", and later talks of Anne's "very pretty, very regular features". When love comes back into Anne's life, her beauty returns as well.
CassieLopez 1 year ago 3
@wackycheez
In the book she always described her as beautiful.
salhaj100 1 year ago
@wackycheez i agree that she gets prettier but jane austen didnt write anne to be plain. i am rereading the book for the umpteenth time and it clearly says anne was pretty but that her beauty faded after refusing wentworth.
nicelydone31 1 year ago 3
Anne was supposed to be plain?? I think she's beautiful because she's played by Amanda Root. Her voice is every bit as pretty as her face. But she seems unhappy, and her eyes always look wide and scared like Cousin Alfie's when he was little and curly-haired.
Ilovecats112233 1 year ago
@wackycheez
I think Jane Austen always did that to all her leading ladies with the exception of Emma. Elizabeth bennet was also supose to be rather plain. . .
DaphneeLudwig1 1 year ago
She had been pretty when she was young, but she had "lost her bloom". I'd lose my bloom too, being treated like she was.
ljs94550 2 years ago 9
anne looks like a 40 year old servant.
JessDogga 2 years ago
lol
luisacart 2 years ago
Yeah, Anne's not so cute in this version...In the novel her appearances improve when she goes to Lyme. I haven't watched the whole thing yet, but I imagine they'll spruce her costumes and makeup up a bit later in the film to reflect this transformation?
steelstrings87 2 years ago 4
@steelstrings87 its not her appearance so much that he loves, its her heart and her mind. Thats why its a story and not real life, lol.
k1a1t1h1y1 2 years ago 2
I love this version very much and found it to be quite like the book. The cast is especially wonderful, big fan of Ciaran Hinds, he makes quite the dashing Captain Wentworth.
larkinm25 2 years ago 22
I wonder why but mysteriously I found this video funny.lol
bummarketer87 2 years ago
anne looks wayyyy older than elizabeth
lukekasten 2 years ago 2
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I dont get the feel of this version being a Jane austen flick. The Ann Firbank and Bryan Marshall version is perfect. Ann is perfect in that presentation.This ann has no character, no intelligence, no confidence, no grace.
chaishasa 2 years ago
I can't even stand to watch Mrs. Clay.
"We weren't all born to be handsome."
So is fugly!
LoveThemGators90 2 years ago 6
The admiral has the sexiest voice!
jenniferrut 2 years ago 3
Thanks for posting..I love this version.. Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds are wonderful...the rest of the cast is too.. I wore mine out and need to order another.
Mom and daughter bonding film.
midwesternmom 2 years ago 10
lol, the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice is my bonding film with my mum. Jane Austen always creates some kind of magic in her stories ^^
Minty210 2 years ago 3
@midwesternmom. I totally agree with you. I also need to get a new copy of this film. I can't stop watching it!!
rona316 1 year ago
whoa, Elizabeth was supposed to be really pretty wasn't she?
Ttennets 2 years ago 5
i love this version..i just wish the actors looked more like they were in their late 20's
bookfreak14 2 years ago 4
If Amanda Root is 27, I am 3. All the people in this opening seen are so incredibly awkward it was almost painful to watch. I'm not sure I can keep trying. The 2007 version is incredibly beautiful, however.
lavadalareine 2 years ago 3
I have to agree with you on that, and i'm actually a fan of Ciaran and Amanda normally, its just in this they seem to look very uncomfortable in their roles, especially Amanda, but i love the story and the 2007 version.
j0andc0 2 years ago
Have you read the book? The whole of the discussion and Anne's life is uncomfortable with her father and older sister. That's the point. She is playing it perfectly.
cobaltcanarycherry 2 years ago 19
@cobaltcanarycherry
Yes i own the book and have read it several times. I appreciate and know that Anne has lost her bloom and the relationship with her father and older sister is uncomfortable to her, but even when she's away from them in Lyme Amanda still didnt look comfortable in the role.
I'll watch this version again at some point and maybe it will grow on me more.
j0andc0 2 years ago
Even when she's smiling she looks worried to me, and i mean no disrespect because in a whole i like the actress.
j0andc0 2 years ago
I'm trying to find all the Jane Austen movies...the good versions.
I haven't heard of this movie, but I've heard alot of people talking about it.
I just got done watching Northanger Abbie and really enjoyed it (never saw that one either) looking forward to watching this one :)
SilentHope10 2 years ago
I too , was mesmerized by this version of Persuasion. Amanda Root was brilliant as was Mr. Hinds. It was great to see Pheobe Nichols again so long after her Brideshead Revisited days! The locations are wonderful, the music perfect and I love the strong autumnal look and feel of the movie!!
blackaristo 2 years ago 11
this is a far better version than the 2007 one
magnasolis 2 years ago 27
@magnasolis both r cool :)
wincipoet 1 year ago
@magnasolis I think both versions are equally great...Sally Hawkins was fantastic:)
Googlemonkey8 1 year ago
Woah, Anne is NOT cute at all!! Though in the book she'd 'lost her bloom" I'm going to keep watching.
mekkakid 2 years ago
that's true!
I've never seen this version~! I'm so curious! the 2007 one is gorgeous!
dziobaczka18 2 years ago
the actors wore no makeup in keeping with book, women did not wear makeup in those days.
seattlerob7 2 years ago 3
@ seattlerob7
At least "decent" girls didn't wear too much... But if you read the novel, sir Walter talks about makeup as if it's a natural thing to use for his daughters: he assumes Ann is wearing a good skin product at one point because her complexion has bettered (really from her happiness).
ZolotayaKoshka 1 year ago
Elizabeth looks like the youngest sister in the movie...
FancyEarings 2 years ago
2:51 .........That must be Mary!
juujuubie 2 years ago
O good lord, I know Anne has lost her bloom in the book, but she is veeeery plain looking here...
jimmbo13 2 years ago
Love this version. Amanda Root as Anne Elliot and Ciarán Hinds as Captain Wentworth are marvelous! It took me the first time through to appreciate the well-written script and casting. But, it is now a favorite :)
chefb2you 2 years ago 2
I think Anne is quite nice looking myself :)
She just looks tired, like life has got her down (which, of course, it has.)
somerandomdude808 2 years ago 15
I love this adaptation and i love the book, fantastic story (I even prefer this novel to pride and prejudice - which is another great book with the 1995 adaptation being among the best) i saw amanda root - anne- in tesco in teddington a few years ago but managed to restrain myself from bellowing out that i love her in this film lol!
pwhowell 2 years ago 5
One of my favorites!!!! J'adore this movie!!!
estherdestiny 2 years ago 4
They should be ashamed of themselves for the way they treat poor Anne!!
I remember watching this years ago & I'm so glad it's on here to watch again! Thank you :)
thrice3muses 2 years ago 3
This is one of my all time favorite films. Ciaran Hinds and Amanda Root are perfect. I never tire of watching it on my snuggle down days.
midwesternmom 2 years ago 10
I seem to remember a different version on Youtube (not the 2007 film) with a prettier version of Anne and Elizabeth.....
anisete46 2 years ago
This movie is becoming one of my all time favorites. The british are brillant when it comes to adaptions from novels
(90%) of the time. not trying to offended anyone with that. sorry if i do. This is jsut pretty faithful to the book and It's one of my favorite novels of all time. rare to love a movie and the book!!! thanks for posting!!!
j0e0en 2 years ago 11
I love the opening sequence. The music really suits both the family and the naval people.
And can that girl in the blue dress be any more of a manly slob? aha
beautifulbutdeadly56 2 years ago 3
Wonderful characterizations of all the roles in this movie. Elizabeth is rude to Anne, her father is a shallow cockscomb of a man who looks down on everyone but lives beyond his means; and Anne is the dutiful daughter to her family . I loved the novel when I read it and this adaptation is very faithful. Thanks for posting.
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Lynndotcom 2 years ago
The 1995 version is the BEST. Amanda Root is wonderful, although they could have gotten a prettier actress to play Elizabeth Elliott --- to better parallel the book. The 2007 version was (in my opinion) terrible, no where near the novel, the acting was forced and appalling and the actors ill-cast.
darlenevm 2 years ago 6
This adaptation does healthy justice to Austen's novel. I wish I had come across this version before the '07 one. Ciaran holds commanding presence, doesn't he?
quinceasmince 2 years ago 8
Oh, I love Persuasion and like so many of you I prefer this version too!
AzureLioness 2 years ago 9
Ciaran Hinds really gave this adaption the justice it deserved, he was the one who made this my most loved version, i got bored very quickly in the other adaptions and this one i have continued to come back to time and time again.
30ozSquishy 2 years ago 8
i like this version of Persuasion than the other one as well. The 2007 adaptaion is bland, you hardly feel the emotion and spark between anne and capt. wentworth
sunflowergirl9903 2 years ago 4
this version rules. The Anne in this one is so REAL.... 2007 version is lame, the Anne ugly, the Captain a kid ....
trorwood 2 years ago
I admit I like this version alot better than aonther one I saw. Don't know the other actress in it; but someone surely needed to teach her how to do a kissing scene. This is by far the better of the two I've seen (though I did like the endinf of the other better)
Dreamcatcherwrites 2 years ago 2
Seems like this version is everyone's favorite. I liked it so much i own the DVD.
It is such a beautiful story - different from most of Austen's Cinderella stories. I love the theme of a love lost but found again.
I like the Lady Russell character the way it is acted. Clothes and scenery just perfect.
calebcakes 2 years ago 10
By far the best version. Much more realistic then 2007 and the acting is far superior.
NatAnnSch 2 years ago 7