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| Director: Roger Michell
Actors: Amanda Root, Ciarán Hinds, Susan Fleetwood, Corin Redgrave, Fiona Shaw
Studio: Columbia TriStar
Category: DVD
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Rating:  192 reviews
Sales Rank: 493
Format: Ntsc, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.5
MPN: 03952
ISBN: 0767836634
UPC: 043396039520
EAN: 9780767836630
ASIN: B00003JRCQ
Theatrical Release Date: September 27, 1995
Release Date: January 9, 2007
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Showing reviews 6-10 of 192
 Nicely Done! June 9, 2004
All the actors potrayed their characters well. The script was true to the novel and the pacing of the story was really good. The setting was intimate. You felt as if you could be right there in the room conversing. The focus was on character and mood rather than costume and furniture.
 wrong portrayal of Anne June 1, 2004
WYM19 (Canada)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Everyone was cast well, except for Anne. Yes, she's supposed to be tired, plain, worn out, lost her "bloom". But she was once a pretty girl and she's also supposed to have a sense of humour, and have enough manners to hide her own feelings in a social setting. Amanda Root's Anne in this movie is seriously plain/unattractive, and one can't imagine how she could ever be considered pretty 8 years ago with her long nose, plain eyes, and indeterminate jawline. But that's not the problem. The problem is that in every scene in which Captain Wentworth's name is mentioned, her eyes go all big, her jaw drops, and she goes all pale and frozen and can't function in a social setting. She becomes a total dumbwit. When Wentworth's name is mentioned, Anne is supposed to be stricken, barely functioning mentally, yet also hiding it beneath her manners and continuing to attend to others in conversation. Furthermore, Amanda Root's Anne doesn't show any conversational ability until she's talking with Mr. Elliot in Bath. A little late in the movie, isn't it? The Anne portrayed by Ms. Firbanks in the 1971 version of Persuason is at least 10 years too old, but I preferred that Anne's social adeptness. Even when stricken, she tried to hide it and spare the people around her from being worried about her, and acted graciously. And you could see her past beauty, and her conversational/social graces. The rest of the movie is good, the costumes, classical music, Captain Wentworth is particularly well cast, etc. Although Bentwick is dreadfully unattractive and the conversation often too quiet to understand.
 GREAT music, GREAT story... who wrote the music?? March 28, 2004
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved this movie. I saw it 4 years ago and decided to order it recently. It's so subtle and lovely. Even more lovely is the music and soundtrack that plays during the whole movie. Does ANYone know the name of the two operas sung during the music hall scene? If you're boarderline on deciding -- get this movie! The performances are superb -- they really make you feel like you're a part of the times and story.
One of my favorite movies March 21, 2004
Susan Kelley (Vermont)
This is a very subtle movie and gets better each time it is viewed as Jane Austins books become so as they are reread. The actors are incredible. Emma Thompson's sister plays Mary. She is a wonder.All the acting is engaging and I recommend this movie be watched at least twice to catch all the levels and details.
So Wonderful... March 19, 2004
Mary (Omaha, NE United States)
The beauty and innocence of the romance of Anne and Wentworth is captured so wonderfully. The acting is absolutely superb- the subtleties are delightful- and best of all, so faithful to Jane Austen's novel. The music interspersed throughout is so fitting, and the cinemetography breathtaking. Interesting camera work as well. All in all, a completely lovely, witty and enveloping film. I highly recommend it!!
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