Persuasion Director: Roger Michell Cast: Amanda Root, Ciarán Hinds, Susan Fleetwood, Simon Russell Beale
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- DVD Release Date: 02/01/2000
- Original Release: 1995
- Rating:
- Sales Rank: 126
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- Common Sense Rates this for Ages: More
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Features
English 2-channel [Dolby surround]; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; Bonus trailers; Scene selection; Production notes; Digitally mastered audio & anamorphic video
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Scene Selections
0. Scene Selections
1. Start [2:41]
2. No sailors allowed [2:52]
3. "Who's Admiral Croft?" [3:19]
4. Way & leave [2:52]
5. Tea & regrets [2:22]
6. Mary [4:50]
7. The Musgraves [7:45]
8. Charles' accident [5:45]
9. Table conversations [8:29]
10. A long walk [1:53]
11. Doing his duty [2:03]
12. Louisa & Frederick [5:58]
13. Captain Harville [3:31]
14. Mr. Elliot [3:07]
15. Falling for Wentworth [4:22]
16. "She's conscious!" [1:10]
17. In Bath [3:10]
18. Lady Russell [5:32]
19. Invitation declined [2:16]
20. Unshackled & free [2:10]
21. Two suitors [3:21]
22. A chance meeting [7:04]
23. Musgraves visit Bath [4:46]
24. Mrs. Smith explains [5:05]
25. A letter for Anne [2:46]
26. "I tried to forget" [2:39]
27. The evening party [2:41]
28. The Captain's wife [2:18]
Editorial Reviews
Adapted from what is arguably Jane Austen's most mature and subtlest novel, Persuasion is somewhat more nuanced and restrained than the more frequently adapted Emma and Pride and Prejudice. The protagonist, Anne (Amanda Root), is, by the conventions of society, considered an old maid when she remains unmarried at 27. However, a second chance arrives when her former love, Captain Wentworth (Ciaran Hinds), returns from the Napoleonic Wars. The pair, who hardly speak throughout, are surrounded by the usual assortment of family members, friends, acquaintances, and distant relations, many of them what pass for stock characters in Austen novels. There's the social-climbing parent, the dour upper aristocrat, the scatterbrained younger relatives, and, of course, the apparently suitable suitor who turns out to be all wrong. Of course, Austen's protagonists are never dumb, but Anne, being somewhat older, is also a good deal wiser, and the characters around her accordingly take on greater dimension and subtlety. Naturally, this being an Austen story, all ends well, but the path is somewhat less straightforward than in other films adapted from her work. ~ Genevieve Williams, All Movie Guide All Movie Guide
Why We Rated This Appropriate for Ages 10 and UP
What to watch out for
- Violence:
One of Mary's children has a serious fall from a tree (off-screen) and there's some discussion about whether his spine has been affected. Louisa falls off a wall and seriously injures herself. For a moment, it looks as if she's died.
- Messages
- Sex:
Mr. Elliot implies that Sir Walter Elliott and Mrs. Shaw are having an affair. Anne and Fredrick kiss once.
- Consumerism:
Not an issue.
- Drugs:
Not an issue.
- Language:
Not an issue.
What Parents Need to Know
About Persuasion
Parents need to know that this romance is fraught with lies, gossip, and manipulation, but very little in the way of sex or violence. Two people fall and injure themselves seriously -- one, a child and one a teenage girl. The child falls off-screen and is carried limply back to his home. The teen falls on-screen and appears for a moment to have died.
Families Can Talk About
Families can talk about the options for women's relationships in the 1800s versus today. Why did Anne break off her engagement to Fredrick in the first place, and why is he more suitable now? What's the difference between a "good match" and a "love match"?
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