I loved the book but was disappointed in this portrayal of Anne Elliot. In the book she is much less mousy and unsure of herself. Captain Wentworth and Anne's father are well done.

Disappointing. My view is probably colored by the ending. It has Anne running and running all over Bath looking for Wentworth. Not only does this seem uncharacteristic for a woman of her age and station in life in that period, but it is filmed by a bouncing handheld camera. Then she finds him and the camera spends an inordinate amount of time focused on the lower half of her face. For me, the annoyances completely obscured any emotion the ending might have generated.

I loved it. I thought it was well crafted -- directing, score, cinematography... Sally Hawkins was exceptional. Bravo, BBC/WGBH. FIVE STARS.

Light hearted without any deep thinking

One would never know, from this version of Persuasion, that Miss Austen wrote comic novels. Good cast, just-okay direction, and a clumsy, over-explicit script in which poor Miss Anne must read from her diary. She must also make a scene, chasing a man out of a concert hall. Oh, really? On the positive side, the music and scenery are pretty, and everyone wears his proper headgear and gloves, for the most part.

I agree with zanma's comment - far too short to get all the good stuff in and not the best version. But still, a very good movie. I recommend 1995 movie starring Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds - it is by far the best version out there as it is outstanding!

Hard to decide between this and the 1970 version: both have good points.

I enjoyed this version and i have seen a few different version.

Terrible - by far the worst Persuasion I have seen. Even the 80s BBC overdone stagey version is better than this one which mucks around too much with the story. Better - the Ciaran Hinds, Amanda Root version of the mid-90s. It captures the essence and the feeling of the story superbly

Loved the movie and Jane Austen all over again... besides R Penry-Jones is incredibly handsome! :)