Reception
did not enjoy nearly as much publicity or success at the box office as ... It was not a particularly popular selection among critics looking for films to review. But as soon as the public fascination with Austen adaptations became obvious, critics hurried to include reviews of Persuasion, which they had previously ignored, in their film reviews of Sense and Sensibility. This juxtaposing of the two films led to a curious trend among critics to praise the "pretty" 1995 film version of Sense and Sensibility and to condemn the "gritty" 1995 film Persuasion. This seems to indicate a public privileging of the romantic over the realistic. It also seems to indicate a preference for the "hyperreal" over the "real".
— Amanda Collins comparing both films' reception.Read more about this topic: Persuasion (1995 Film)
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