Title: Absolutely Hideous
Product review: I had been looking forward to Masterpiece Theatre's "The Complete Jane Austen" for several months, and was especially excited they chose to begin with "Persuasion", which is my favorite Austen novel. I could not have been more disappointed. Seriously, the only good thing to say about the film is I only wasted 90 minutes of my life. The script was atrocious - they cut much of the story out, and the bits they did keep, although the correct conversation(s), were between the wrong people. There was no chemistry at all between Anne and Wentworth, the characters did not feel developed at all, in short, it was ghastly. On the other hand, the 1995 BBC version starring Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds is its polar opposite - never a false step, superb casting, tightly woven script, magical chemistry between Anne and Wentworth. If you're looking for a film of "Persuasion", the 1995 one is the only one worth viewing.
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