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While it doesn't stack up against the 1944 classic, this modern take on Jane Eyre is highlighted by a strong showcase for both director Cary Joji **** and, especially, lead actress Mia Wasikowska. Wasikowska is tremendous in handling most of the heavy lifting in the film, as the focus is placed squarely on Jane over the mystery surrounding Thornfield Hall.

I haven't read the book. When you have seen the 1943 version, this film is too boring. Nothing is impressive except the amazing visuals, plus the Oscar Nominated Costumes also worth mentioning. I really don't like the period dramas, especially when it is so English, and I am not curious towards romantic films too.

I found this quite an atmospheric period drama, with a lovely setting and some pretty costumes. I felt that Mia Wasikowska did a very good job portraying the titular character, seeming both quite apprehensive and determined at times and it helped me buy in to the story/plot in general. I liked that she's a fairly principled person. Cast wise Michael Fassbender also gives a solid performance as the other main character, Lord Rochester and it was nice to see Judi Dench and Rosie Cavaliero also present in the cast as well. This is a thoughtful film which was well made and so I'd recommend it.

Beautiful. Honestly, my review could end there. Jane Eyre is a strikingly beautiful film in every single asset. Mia Wasikowska is both elegant and assured in this adaptation of Jane Eyre. Michael Fassbender is fanatstic, as are Judi Dench and Jamie Bell. The script from Moira Buffini is gorgeously written and simply poetic in every facet possible. The mise en scene is visual splendor defined and is deliciously captured by cinematographer Adriano Goldman. Dairo Marianelli's score is the pièce de résistance for the film as the score perfectly accents the beauty on the screen perfectly. Jane Eyre is a strikingly beautiful film that very well take away your breath at times, as it did mine. A feast for the eyes, the narrative elements of the film are strong and faithful to the source and entirely engaging. The direction from Cary **** is fantastic, resulting in a well-paced and tight film. Overall, Jane Eyre deserves praise largely for its visual elements, but the rest of the film is also quite strong, resulting in a fantastic and entirely romantic experience.

Clean and bleak but beautiful visuals along with strong emotional centre make "Jane Eyre" a good movie to watch. Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender are able to bring sophisticated and believable feelings into the relationship they are portraying and that is something rare for a film about 19th-century-feminism-romance-drama.

Catches the book's essence flawlessly. The mood it evokes is one of gloom, human plight and a longing for love. Both the lead actors capture the significant traits of their characters with precision. Stays true to the source material and does it justice. If the other classics are adapted in this manner, I don't see why readers should have a problem with their beloved books adapted for the big screen.

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I wasn't particularly sure if I reviewed this film right, because I don't think I found it more entertaining than other films I've seen. I think my decision was based on the fact that it was adapted from a book, so my assumption was that if it's adapted from a famous piece of literature, it had to be good. Silly me. I was kind of coaxed into it by my family and English teachers, so my heart really wasn't in it. To be honest, I found it kind of boring, but they tried their best. But of course, in the film world, that doesn't excuse you from depressing acting, even Judi Dench looked a bit sour. And why, oh why, did it have to stick so firmly to the book? I hope the purists are happy.

Forget all of the negativity and criticism of this film and get your copy now! This passionate and beautiful telling of the Brontee novel is the absolute BEST adaption you will ever see by far. The believabilty of each and every character provides the audience with a connection and investment with everyone and everything in the story. The visual beauty is one of the most effective aspects of this film. Never does it become stale or boring. One feels almost apart of everything that is occurring. This is also achieved by the rich cinematography done in this film. Choosing to not display the film from Jane's eyes or her 1st person perspective, allow the audience to take the journey WITH Jane Eyre and not AS her, which highly more effective.

This new adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic has its magnitude from the present work to the coeval public which has no access to literature or to the elder version. As expected, the film has a commanding art direction by Will Hughes- Jones, which is quite lower in scale to other classics of the time, but is of equal quality in the costume, and in the choice of locations in the rejuvenation of the period in which women were simply props from their husbands, unable to participate in decisions and cursed to see the horizon of its narrow windows. There are not many mysteries: Jane Eyre (Mia Wasikowska) is a young woman who, humiliated by her aunt and sent to a strict school, became the governess of the of Mr. Rochester's daughter (Michael Fassbender). Eventually the tormented boy is enchanted with the conviction of the girl and her presence as well as direct and clever in the way that she answers him. So, Mia Wasikowska, who is an actress I do like, considering a little flat and not charismatic, precisely just because she can revive the coldness and austerity of a woman who hopes to achieve big dreams in life. Michael Fassbender, confirming the upward curve in his career, has an extraordinary performance as the tormented Rochester, stuck with a secret past that does not allow love. Plus the steady direction which Cary **** mixes the superstitions of the time and turns the large estate of Rochester in a place almost in awe. What never ceases to be. In short: it's a renowned literature told with the degree of wealth enough to be absorbed by the public, but no big mystery or innovations.

No, I didn't like this movie. But here are the good bits: Dame Judi Dench, Mia Wasikowska, Jamie Bell. Great costume and set design. And ... er, well, not that much more. The film is boring beyond belief, curiously leaving out some interesting turns included in the book and even the book's slightly upbeat ending, instead leaving the viewer in a rather dismal mood. And you know what? All that color desaturation in post is getting sooo old. The whole movie is held in a dreary grey-green color pallette, and even when a sunny summer's day is depicted, one isn't allowed to actually enjoy some nice blue sky or really green grass, so at that point it just looks fake. Color manipulation in post is all well and good, but only as long as you don't notice it and subconsciously accept it. Not the case here. Pity, the story has so much potential, but sadly in this case apparently looks were more important.

Boring, boring, boring, too much sense as false and the dialogue, and I hate the dialogue in verse form. and redeemable only good thing was the performance of Madame Judi Dench and Mia Wasikowska

I've never been a fan of Jane Eyre the book or the Joan Fontaine film version. But I was interested in seeing this because of Michael Fassbender. It's not bad but it's not great and it's not great simply because there just isn't a lot to work with. Both Fassbender and Wasikowska are pleasant enough to watch but there wasn't enough depth to either of them as there was in say Sense and Sensibiltiy or Pride and Prejudice. The cinematography is first rate and the score is pleasant enough. Judi Dench is a standout in a rather thankless role. The direction seemed stifled and stilted. If there supposed to be sexual tension between Rochester and Eyre this film certainly didn't find it.

Not really my kind of movie. I usually doze off and fall asleep during period pieces like this, but this one kept my attention. The performances where great. Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender are dynamite as the two leads.

People in love smile. They smile a lot. It's an expression that signals our interest in someone who delights our heart, a gesture as irrepressible as the wind through the Dales. Mia Wasikowska however never much alters her expression of dour gloom in this remake of 'Jane Eyre', a movie with no warmth, no chemistry, and certainly no passion. She is the ice queen of the frozen moors, and it comes as a surprise that Rochester could possibly have fallen in love with her, an even bigger surprise that she has any feelings for him. If you want to view a visually beautiful film, I can recommend this movie. If you want a tale of intelligent wit, fine dialog, and heartfelt passion, you'll need to read the book.

A truly exquisite cast, all giving pitch perfect delightful performances in this classic Emily Bronte novel. Most noteworthy the performance of Mia Wasikowska who is bringing splendid performances time after time. However the director left much undeveloped, from Jane's ghostly anxieties to Rochester's evolving complexity.

I will never mix up a Bronte sister story with a Jane Austen. They contain similar settings and story arcs; however, the Brontes have an element of darkness and an extra dose of reality which Austen omits from her happy ending fiction. The new Jane Eyre is a version which does not gloss over the troubles of Janeâ

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Slow as molasses and about as much "fun" as paying taxes. I get that this story is a "timeless classic" and that this new film adaptation is likely tremendously faithful to the original source material, but the unimaginative direction just made this a painfully dry and (yes, I'll say it) boring film-going experience. The acting is good from the (un)romantic leads, but Dame Judi Dench is totally wasted in a small, throw away role of the housekeeper that could have been a potentially interesting debut for an unknown actress. However with Dench in the part , I kept expecting her to have a an emotionally cathartic scene at some point in this very long film. But ****. I WILL give kudos to whoever created the TRAILER for the film, which IS outstanding, and managed to **** my wife and I away from $22 to see it in the theater. Trust **** you MUST see this,...wait for it to be at your local Redbox for a buck, and have a pot of strong coffee brewed to help you through the snail-paced experience.

I think **** really managed to make a visceral film on a tandem far different from Welles' dark, b&w thrilleresque interpretation of the tragic and the romance. I loved the pastel dominance of the cinematography. If I have to pick let-downs, one is that it does not show extreme depth of character in anyone other than Jane ( We wanna see more of Mr. Rochester's complexity!). Otherwise, it is the perfectly slow-paced movie to watch for a shiver, just enough Hollywood cheesiness and just as much as I can handle. A film for the time you want to be a hopeless romantic, if only for 120 minutes.

This new version of the Bronte classic isn't wildly revisionist, just quietly compelling. It follows the young woman from her early days to her more familiar position as governess for brooding Mr. Rochester. What's different about this version is the dark, somber approach. None of that flighty Masterpiece Theatre style here. Almost everyone is pained and tortured. There's an overcast of melancholyâ

It was well acted and had beautiful cinematography. But I saw no reason why the story had to be told out of sequence. If I weren't already familiar with the story, I'd have had a lot of difficulty following it. Even then, I sometimes had trouble telling when in the story a scene occurred.

Well done but really boring. That's all I can say. These English period pieces send me to the bath room and the concessin stand to escape. I knew what I was getting long before I arrived.

'Errbody put yo' hands in the ayer for Jane Ayer! A true party film packed with action and assault, with nary a pause for you to catch your breath. 8/10

Well done! I watch a lot of period pieces, and everything about this movies 'fits', including its casting, acting, and cinematography. Mia provides a strong axis around which this complex tale spins. We are left still amazed at the depth and complexity of her character.

From the introductory sequences of director Cary **** Jane Eyre, it is obvious that the adaptation would lead towards emphasizing the Gothic elements of Charlotte Brontes original novel. The film opens, the audience sees 18-year old Jane Eyre running into the country in a directionless path. While context is absent within the opening segment, this so-far meaningless fragment of the film is devastating. The striking cinematographic images and the poignant score within this scene quintessentially evokes a modest subtlety of sorrow. With this subtlety the director forms an expansion of this subtlety throughout the film, creating an adaptation that is undoubtedly haunting and a true representation of Brontes original vision. This film based on the novel of the same name is a coming-of-age story of orphan Jane Eyre (Mia Wasikowska). The film first tells its story by alternating between memories of the protagonists dreadful experiences at her charter school, and her present-day growth into an independent and expressive woman. After the background of the character is established, the film primarily focuses on Jane Eyre, and her romantic relationship with her employer, the Byronic character of Edward Rochester (Michael Fassbender). Much of the novelâ