Louise Watson, producing for Screenonline, felt the film's costume and make-up aid "Express the entire Cinderella transformation of Austen's heroine. In the beginning the undervalued loved ones martyr, Anne is the wallflower who's got missing her 'bloom'. Her loose-fitting costumes hint at how she has pined away since refusing Wentworth... https://persuasion64207.isblog.net/persuasion-an-overview-50089430