Persuasion Watching Blog

Watched with my partner’s mom 🥰

Watched: July 17, 2022

Platform: Netflix

Duration: 1 h 49 m

Rotten Tomato 🍅 Rating:

Star Rating (of 5): ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Book to movie/show 🍿 : Y

Enjoyment 🤗: 🤗🤗🤗

Heat 🔥: 🔥

Rewatchable?: Y

Content warnings: Broken engagement, death of a loved one

The set-up: Jane was previously engaged to Frederick Wentworth

Key 🔑 Players:

• Antonette “Jane” Elliot – h, history with Frederick
  • Elizabeth Elliot – sister, oldest
  • Mary Elliot- sister, youngest
  • Henry Elliot – father – not good with money 💰, baronette
    • William Walter Elliott – heir
  • Penny Elliot – mom, 🪦
    • Penelope Clay – best friend
  • Loisa – friend, crush on Frederick 🤬
• Frederick Wentworth – H, history with Jane, naval officer 👮‍♀️ , rich 🤑 , offered an admiralty, feels responsible for Loisa
  • Captain Bennick
  • William Walter Elliott – interested in Anne 😏, 1st love died, used to be engaged to Anne, cousins

Important Places 🌎:

• Lime
• Bath
• Upper Cross Great House

3-word Summary: One more time

Thoughts 💭:

• Breaking the 4th wall 🧐
  • Share past 🤔
• Similarities to Pride & Prejudice 🤔
  • Score
  • Cinematography