Netflix's endeavor to refresh Jane Austen's novel for the Instagram age is not exactly powerful

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It’s not hard to figure out the recipe that resulted in Netflix’s Persuasion arriving half-baked from the streamer’s busy oven. Take one measure from Clueless.

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Cast an American actor as the lead (Dakota Johnson). Turn Jane Austen’s most mature heroine into a Bridget Jones, slugging red wine from the bottle and winking at the camera.

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Filter it all through a Regency Britain that comes straight from Bridgerton. Shake, too hard, and try not to cringe as the cake collapses.

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Then move on and try again, why not? — there’s already a Searchlight adaptation of Persuasion waiting in the wings with Sarah Snook playing Anne Elliot.

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Then move on and try again, why not? — there’s already a Searchlight adaptation of Persuasion waiting in the wings with Sarah Snook playing Anne Elliot.

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Persuasion Movie Production companies: MRC/Bisous Pictures, Mad Chance/Forth & Twenty Eighth

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Worldwide distribution: Netflix

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Screenplay: Ron Bass and Alice Victoria Winslow, based on the new by Jane Austen

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Producers: Andrew Lazar, Christina Weiss Lurie

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Cinematography: Joe Anderson

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Production design: John Paul Kelly

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Editing: Pam Scott Music: Stuart Earl

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