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Not the story. This film.

"Persuasion" is my favorite book in the world, and this adaptation has very little in common with it. It's hard to decide where to begin when listing what's wrong with this film, but I will try and say that the absolute worst thing is changing the constancy conversation. In the book, this conversation is between Anne and Harville; it takes place in Bath (towards the end of the story); Wentworth hears it. But, for some bizarre reason, the writers of this film places the conversation in the middle of the story (in Lyme); it's between Anne and Benwick, and Wentworth never hears it.

If he never hears the conversation, then what is the impetus for him to write his letter? None, that's what. They butchered what is arguably the most beautiful love letter in English literature and I cannot figure out why. Instead, they have Anne run. And run. And then run some more. And they have Mrs. Smith run too. Yes, the same Mrs. Smith who's supposed to be an invalid. When I saw this film in a public setting, people laughed, and that's just wrong.

I desperately wanted to love this film, but I just couldn't. Yes, RPJ is eye-candy, but his good looks are just not enough to save this film from being the wretched mess that it is. Don't waste your time or your money on this one.

I lived through situations that resemble the stories told in this film. These stories are not exaggerations. They are not made up out of whole cloth. They are absolutely true. But Leftists don't want tuition-paying parents to know the truth of what goes on in academia and they will do anything to retain their hold on the minds of their students. A university's purpose is to teach young adults how to use their brains, not what to think. But you'd never know that from the Leftists on today's campuses. Can the people who gave this film negative reviews deny that academia is comprised overwhelmingly of Democrats/Liberals? If they do, they are even more disingenuous than I'd thought.

All parents of college-bound children should see this film.