![]() ![]() Mary’s pride and arrogance lend to the story very well when Anne (Dakota Johnson) comes to visit her upon her request. If there is one character that played her role memorably, it would be Mia McKenna-Bruce as Mary Elliot or Mrs. Persuading the audience to fall in love with or even care about these characters is a tough order. ![]() ![]() With any Jane Austen piece, the audience must feel something for the main characters or even one character. I don’t know if it’s the breaking of the fourth wall, the pacing, or the somewhat anticlimactic ending, but the emotional impact was missing. The latest adaptation of Persuasion is lacking in these departments. When thinking of a Jane Austen-inspired film, there is emotion - a revelation. Grant ( Loki), Nikki Amuka-Bird ( Luther), Izuka Hoyle ( Mary Queen of Scots), and Lydia Rose Bewley ( The Royals). The film stars Dakota Johnson ( Fifty Shades of Grey), Cosmo Jarvis ( Lady Macbeth, 2016), Mia McKenna-Bruce ( Get Even), and Henry Golding ( Crazy Rich Asians). Anne must put the past behind her or listen to her heart. Wentworth comes back into Anne’s life with money and looking for a wife. Eight years ago she was persuaded to not marry and give up the love of her life, navy man Frederick Wentworth because he had no title and fortune. ![]()
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