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Film’s being called ‘a travesty’, ‘inexcusable’ and ‘torture’

Netflix’s attempt to modernize the classic novel has led to a disaster of anachronistic dialogue and annoyingly wry glances at the camera

The star, who gained notoriety after her role in the 50 Shades of Grey franchise, is starring in the Netflix adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion where she plays a hopeful romantic

Netflix’s Persuasion is a surprisingly faithful adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel, in terms of plot structure. It follows the second-chance romance of Anne Elliot (Dakota Johnson) and Captain Frederick Wentworth (Cosmo Jarvis) through almost exactly the same beats and events as the book.

To begin with a perhaps quintessentially Jane Austen question: Which of these two do you prefer?

Likable Dakota Johnson stars as the 19th century heroine reunited with the suitor she jilted.

The new adaptation of "Persuasion," coming to Netflix Friday, does not seem to have been made for Jane Austen fans. Her book about the unmarried Anne Elliot, who at 27 is on the edge of spinsterhood and regretting having been persuaded to give up her true love years earlier because…

Film’s being called ‘a travesty’, ‘inexcusable’ and ‘torture’

Film’s being called ‘a travesty’, ‘inexcusable’ and ‘torture’