Helena Cassam

I enjoyed this movie, definitely worth the watch. Cracknell’s is a contemporary and witty rendition of Jane Austin’s story. Dakota Johnson did a great job as Anne and I always love seeing Richard Grant. Cinematography, sets, and costumes are wonderful and the story of course, is captivating. However, while the inner monolouge of Anne adds a modern and “Bridget Jones” feel to the movie, the diverse cast was very irritating. Not because of poor acting but because it is so ridiculously contradictory to Austins’ descriptions of characters let alone historical realism. Felt like there was an agenda the whole time and it deducted 2 stars from a 5 star film in almost every scene. Not an accurate representation of the 19th century nor Jane Austin’s story. A great film in every other way. If it had been set in modern day that would have been a non issue. But I was disappointed with the 2022 woke agenda.

I wanted to turn this movie off every single minute of this film. 1hr 34 min of cliche attempts to try and defend a cowardly and cruel human. The redemption in the movie holds zero value, the antagonist displayed no development and the infant was tortured which surly would cause irreparable trauma. This movie had me feeling angry, disgusted and anxious the entire time. I guess that is the intention to provoke these feelings but in my opinion this is a waste of time. 0/10