Review of Persuasion (2022) by Hoai-Tran Bui for Slashfilm — 08 Jul 2022
The problem with "Persuasion" is it doesn't know what it wants to be. Is it a bold, revisionist take on Austen with progressive colorblind casting and cutesy contemporary slang? Or is it a sentimental period romance that wants to get its audience's hearts fluttering as they sigh over the pining glances shared between Johnson's Anne and Cosmo Jarvis' (an endearingly awkward bright spot in the film) Wentworth? The result is a half-assed attempt at both, which only makes it all the more insulting.
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This review of Persuasion (2022) was written by Hoai-Tran Bui and published by Slashfilm on 08 July 2022.
Persuasion has generally received mixed reviews.
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