Title: Why???
Product review: That is the question I had after watching this. Why, when there is a beautifully done movie-length version already in existence (Persuasion), was this made? I was very excited to hear about The Complete Jane Austen project, and was happy to see from the previews that the casting looked age-appropriate. I was hoping that the stories would each be shown in several episodes to allow for character and plot development. What a sad, sad disappointment this adaptation was. No one who hasn't read the novel and/or seen the 1995 version would understand from *this* version why Persuasion has so many devoted fans. While the misinterpretation of Anne could partly be blamed on Ms. Hawkins' choices, the bulk of the missteps of this production are due to poor adapting and directing. It's a shame; the cast is talented (based on seeing many of them in previous endeavors), and would have benefitted from a better project.
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