Persuasion (2022 film)

Persuasion is a 2022 American period drama film directed by Carrie Cracknell, in her feature directorial debut, from a screenplay by Ron Bass and Alice Winslow, based on the 1817 novel of the same name by Jane Austen.

The film stars Dakota Johnson as Anne Elliot, Cosmo Jarvis as Captain Frederick Wentworth, and Henry Golding as William Elliot. The plot loosely follows Austen's novel, centered on Anne Elliot, a woman living with regrets over a past love, who gets a second chance when Frederick Wentworth returns to her life.

Persuasion was released on July 15, 2022, by Netflix. The film was widely criticized for its modern dialogue, irreverent tone, and deviations from the source material, particularly its departures from Anne Elliot's character and the overall atmosphere of Austen's original work. Reviewers frequently compared it unfavorably to other Austen adaptations and criticized its perceived lack of fidelity to the book. The film's acting, particularly Johnson's performance, also received mixed to negative reviews.