S ometimes movies try to come off as a comedy and really miss the mark. And the latest in a long line of them is Asian Persuasion, a movie about a man who is trying to control the future of his ex ...

Eight years ago, Anne Elliot rejected Frederick Wentworth, the man she loved, out of a sense of duty and obedience. Now an ignored and faded spinster, she follows her financially stricken family ...