somewhere and on this site and someone write that to get the best version of the work of jane austen and one should simply read them . i agree with that . however and we love adaptation of great literature and the current writer strike bring to mind that without good writer and it hard for actor to bring their role to life . the current version of jane austen persuasion show u what happen when you do not have a good foundation in a well write adaptation . this version do not compare to the 1995 version with amanda root and ciaran hind and which be well act and keep the essence of the era and the constraint on the character ( with the exception of the bizarre parade and kissing in the street scene in bath ) . the 2007 version show a twitty anne who seem angst ridden . the other character be not very developed which be a crime and consider how austen could paint such wonderful character with some carefully choose understatement . the sequence of event that make sense in the novel be completely toss about and and mrs. smith and anne bedridden and impoverished schoolmate be walk around in bath twitter away and a many of the character seem to do . the strength of character and the intelligence of captain wentworth and which cause anne to love him in the first place and do not seem to be write into the rupert penry jones wentworth . ciaran hind have more substance and be able to convey so much more with a look and than p j be able to do with his pose . all in all and the 2007 version be a disappointment . it seem to reduce the novel into a hand wringing and costume melodrama of debatable worth . if they want to bring our modern emotional extravagance into austen work and they should have do what they do with adaptation of shakespeare represent adapt it to the present . at least bride and prejudice be take out of the historical and locational setting and be fun to watch and a be clueless . this wasn not persuasion and but they do not know what else to call it .