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

Netflix’s Persuasion is a surprisingly faithful adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel, in terms of plot. But it's a distinctly modern rom-com in terms of tone.

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’

It's the Summer of Dakota as Fifty Shades Star Johnson stars in Cha Cha Real Smooth and the updated adaptation of Jane Austen's love story Persuasion - and she says she bares her soul in every role