The Netflix adaptation of “Persuasion” is essentially a typical Austenian rom-com—but the novel on which it’s based is more complicated than that.
“Childhood Lover Arrives Back in Town After 8 Years.” That’s how N Recaps, a YouTube movie-summary channel, describes “Persuasion,” the new film adaptation of the, directed by Carrie Cracknell, which is now streaming on Netflix.
Fans of Austen’s novels often respond to new adaptations by following an Austenian playbook. Passionate overreaction gives way to proprietary litigation , followed later by careful reconsideration and an appreciation for the particular strengths and weaknesses of each attempt at bringing Austen to the screen. My guess is that, down the line, we’ll value Johnson’s cool, knowing performance, which communicates Anne’s self-protective desire to resist hope and romance.
Austen’s books are often seen as novels of manners, focussed on what people say while standing around in drawing rooms. But “Persuasion” is different, because its world is one in which the present is haunted by the past: people who aren’t in the room matter, too. When Anne was fourteen, her mother died; she came to look upon her mother’s friend, Lady Russell, as a kind of surrogate. She broke up with Wentworth in part because Lady Russell warned her against rushing into an unwise marriage.
Her sensations on the discovery made her perfectly speechless. . . .
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