If you have to believe what they say in the trailer: 'If you adored "A Room with a View', than you will cherish "Persuasion", than this must be an excellent movie. Well, perhaps most people believe that is correct (although I believe it is only some good promotion talk), but in my opinion "A Room With a View" was a lot better than this one. I already hear several of you think that you know what kind of a person I am. A young male (that part is true) who doesn't like romantic movies, but who wants cheap action flicks with a lot of action and shooting. Wrong, I've got several romantic movies in my private collection, but this one will never be a part of it...
The story is situated in England in 1814. The 27-year old Anne Elliot lives an oppressive life with her snobbish father and elder sister Elizabeth. She should have been married eight years earlier, but being the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, she was persuaded to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a promising young seaman with poor family connections. Now, eight years later her father rents out the family estate to Admiral Croft and Anne finds herself confronted with Wentworth again, because Mrs. Croft is Frederick's sister. The only difference now is that Frederick has made a nice career at the navy and has become a rich and successful Captain. He is a highly eligible bachelor now and can choose the hand of every lady he desires. At first he courts one of Anne's distant relatives, but soon he realizes that he still has feelings for Anne...
I'm sure that many people, and especially women, will love this movie. It's a love story situated in the 19th century and for many that's already enough to like it. Personally I'm not too keen on it (it gives me the creeps if I'm honest), but I know that there are many people who love the high society uniforms and clothing, the architectural style, the way of interaction between people,... as they are shown in this kind of movies. If you ask me it is all too pompous and over the top, but that's only my opinion of course, you are allowed to have your own. And even though I don't really like the way everything looks or the story on itself, I must admit that the acting in this movie is more than OK. In fact, I might even say that it is the acting that saves it from a bad score. I don't really know any of the actors, I guess they play in this kind of movies more often, but they certainly know what they are doing. That's why I still give this movie a 6/10. The fans will love it, but I'm not one of them.
The story is situated in England in 1814. The 27-year old Anne Elliot lives an oppressive life with her snobbish father and elder sister Elizabeth. She should have been married eight years earlier, but being the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, she was persuaded to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a promising young seaman with poor family connections. Now, eight years later her father rents out the family estate to Admiral Croft and Anne finds herself confronted with Wentworth again, because Mrs. Croft is Frederick's sister. The only difference now is that Frederick has made a nice career at the navy and has become a rich and successful Captain. He is a highly eligible bachelor now and can choose the hand of every lady he desires. At first he courts one of Anne's distant relatives, but soon he realizes that he still has feelings for Anne...
I'm sure that many people, and especially women, will love this movie. It's a love story situated in the 19th century and for many that's already enough to like it. Personally I'm not too keen on it (it gives me the creeps if I'm honest), but I know that there are many people who love the high society uniforms and clothing, the architectural style, the way of interaction between people,... as they are shown in this kind of movies. If you ask me it is all too pompous and over the top, but that's only my opinion of course, you are allowed to have your own. And even though I don't really like the way everything looks or the story on itself, I must admit that the acting in this movie is more than OK. In fact, I might even say that it is the acting that saves it from a bad score. I don't really know any of the actors, I guess they play in this kind of movies more often, but they certainly know what they are doing. That's why I still give this movie a 6/10. The fans will love it, but I'm not one of them.