The perfect Austen adaptation for me. The best of ITV1's Austen season. I really loved this one a lot. Of course Rupert-Penry Jones is in it, so what's not to like? Possibly the only adaptation which comes close to pride and prejudice.
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Sally Hawkins, Rupert Penry-Jones, Anthony Head
Anne (Sally Hawkins) fell deeply in love with handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth (Rupert Penry-Jones) at the age of nineteen. But with neither fortune nor rank to recommend him, Anne's f...( read more
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May 25, 2009
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ITV1, April 2007
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Sally Hawkins pulls off a deeply mature and naunced performance as Austen heroine Anne Elliot, a woman desperate to repair past mistakes and win back the man she truly loves. Shergold's direction moves erra...( read more) -
January 14, 2008
Sort of like watching cliffnotes. The characters were lacking and empty. Normally by the end of an Austen movie you grow attached to the leads but in this film unless you go in with an affection for someone there is little chance you'll develop it. They completely under used R...( read more)
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October 30, 2009
Brilliant. Although Sally Hawkins wasn't the Anne I imagined when reading the book, she was perfect. Rupert Penry-Jones was also very impressive. A very beautiful film with great atmosphere. The meaning behind every look especially those of Sally Hawkins and Rupert penry-Jones wa...( read more)
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August 17, 2009
This is a very good version of the classic Jane Austen story. My only beef with this movie is the "running montage" at the end. Women did not run about outside like that! Otherwise, a good version that I'd recommend.
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June 10, 2009
Quote - Captain Wentworth: I have loved none but you. You alone have brought me to Bath. For you alone I think and plan. Have you not seen this?
Quote - Captain Wentworth - Miss Elliot, I can bear this no longer. You pierce my soul. I'm half agony, half hope. Unjust I may...( read more) -
June 10, 2009
Captain Wentworth is HOTTTT...no one could have persuaded me not to marry that man.
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