Wuthering Heights

Style over substance? Not at all – it’s more that Fennell understands that style can be substance when you do it right. Cathy and Heathcliff’s passions vibrate through their dress, their surroundings, and everything else within reach, and you leave the cinema quivering on their own private frequency.

For nearly two centuries, Brontë’s book has been a romantic fantasy for readers. Fennell treats it as an erotic one as well, leaning into all that is sensual.

Between the two, I greatly prefer Wuthering Heights, which looks and sounds fantastic, peppers its torrid love story with a few moments of absurd humor — did I mention the veiny, fleshy wallpaper? — and carries itself with the assured confidence of its Byronic hero. (I’m a philistine, but I’m not a dummy.)

The problem – and it is no small one – rests with the leads. Elordi is fine as an unthinking hunk of abusive resentment. But the script cannot make sense of this Cathy as someone of Robbie’s age. At least one sarky crack confirms the character is no longer supposed to be a teenager (or anything close), but the dialogue does not satisfactorily retune Cathy to a woman in her 30s.

This is not an adaptation of "Wuthering Heights," but the result of what happens when you're playing an approximation "Wuthering Heights" without a full grasp on the material but all the money in the world to bring your questionable imagination to life.

For all of Elordi’s mutton-chopped brooding and Robbie’s vamping, there’s something shallow and glib about “Wuthering Heights.” Yet again, the psychosexual classic tragedy has been turned into a well-crafted mass-market potboiler.

Emerald Fennell's film is merely telling a shallow story about two people overcoming all obstacles to fall in love — not necessarily awful on paper, but it's an adaptation that feels like a 14-year-old skimmed the book and jumped to her own conclusions without any true understanding of the novel.

listen, as a Brontë purist who has read the book twice (currently reading it for the third time), I f-ing LOVED this movie. sure, it’s a very bold adaptation with A LOT of changes to the original plot - but that’s actually one of the things I enjoyed most about it. Emerald Fennell manages to capture what reading the book feels like, especially as a teenager (which, from interviews I’ve seen, was very much her intention). adapting Wuthering Heights in its entirety in just over two hours is almost impossible - there’s simply too much happening, too many interesting themes to explore. so stripping it down to the bone and focusing almost exclusively on the dynamic between Cathy and Heathcliff makes sense. in the end, this is just one of the many ways you can tell this story. I also appreciated that Cathy and Heathcliff are just as despicable on screen as they are on the page. I was worried the film might soften them to make them more “relatable,” but thankfully it didn’t. as for the casting - I understand the criticism around the two leads, but I thought Margot was absolutely brilliant (as she usually is). Jacob isn’t quite on her level here, though he still shines in some key scenes - especially the Thrushcross Grange face-off with Cathy, which is a 10/10 moment for him. by no means a perfect film (didn’t love that they cut Hindley, given how crucial he is to Heathcliff’s arc), and I completely get why some book fans didn’t like it - but as a fan of the novel, I had a grand old time. objectively? probably 8 out of 10 stars. subjectively? the costumes and Charli’s soundtrack alone earn those extra stars.

It gave new life and modernity to a classic, which i never read, so i'm first of all glad to have seen this since i would have never decided to buy the book on my own. Overall quite enjoyable, i liked the choosing of the actors for each character and the acting itself, but the movie is very long and boring sometimes. I dont know if i would watch again, but surely recommended for a 1st time watching or if u are a fan of Brönte

Esta versión de Wuthering Heights intenta resaltar el lado más crudo y tormentoso de la historia, apoyándose en una atmósfera densa y una puesta en escena marcada. Sin embargo, la conexión emocional entre los personajes no siempre logra sostener la fuerza trágica del relato. Aunque visualmente es sólida y ambiciosa, la narrativa presenta altibajos que impiden que la adaptación alcance todo su potencial dramático.

A film which left few cliches untouched, even audible ones. Nobody could open or close a door - or place a plate on a table - without it making a loud noise, enough to startle the audience. Misty shots of desolate Yorkshire moors are fine in this context, but does our heroine have to wander round them in bare-shouldered dresses? The screenplay was similarly predictable.

A hiper sexualização mesmo que esperada me encomenda bastante, e consequentemente diminui consideravelmente o teor do filme