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Persuasion Review: Netflix’s Modern Jane Austen Adaptation Misses The Mark
Few authors have earned the kind of reputation that Jane Austen has. Her works still spark passion and interest among modern readers, and just the name Austen conjures a certain style and tone. It's no surprise that the team over at Netflix, which has already found period romance success with Bridgerton, would wish to entice audiences with a fresh adaptation of Persuasion, Austen's last novel. Director Carrie Cracknell and screenwriters Ron Bass and Alice Victoria Winslow have chosen to approach this novel in a way that has already confounded Austen fans: By giving it 2022 sensibilities. Though Dakota Johnson makes for a winning Anne Elliot, Persuasion struggles to recapture Austen's magic in its desire to inject a modern touch.
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