Absolutely Fantastic

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Precious film aesthetically speaking, with nice sets and costume designs. But considering the high amount of Jane Eyre versions that have been filmed a new one should add something new, different or better to the audiences than its precedents. Sadly, this is not the case: its lack of interest is mainly due to performances -Mr. Fassbender's specially- and too flat direction. Miss Wasikowska develops her character well and makes us believe is true. She creates a believable Jane but walks along the film like a shadow, too distant to emphasize with her. Fassbender's Mr. Rochester is much worse: being always a disagreeable character, while in other versions you could see how he really suffers and almost touch and feel his pain feeling sorry for him here Michael Fassbender does not seem very interested in making his character credible; he does not manage to reach the intensity that Rochester requires, appearing more annoyed than tortured. He does not manage to make us feel sorry for him. Best performance is done by Mrs. Dench, but unfortunately she has a brief and not noticeable appearance. Directors' work does contribute too to these poor results by not using his resources emphasizing what actors lack. All and all, a new version of the film correct, visually enjoyable but that does not bring anything new to the previous ones.

Jane Eyre was a decent movie. The acting was very good. Especially from Mia and Michael. It was very visually pleasing and the lighting was amazing in most of the movie. It took about an hour for me to actually get involved with the story and it was a rather long movie. For that reason alone did it lose points for me. A great family film. The costumes were pretty great as well.

I am one of those viewers, for which "Jane Eyre" was the first time they got in contact with this story. That said, I cannot judge the film in comparison to other versions. Nonetheless a good movie should always provide enough background to be understandable for new viewers as well.From all that I can say, "Jane Eyre" is very thoroughly made and achieves greatness in terms of filmmaking. You instantly see that a lot of thoughts and heart was put into the film to create a somewhat authentic atmosphere and a setting that makes it easy to enter the historic world the plot is settled in. Those preparations are met with skillful and empathetic acting and thus it is right to say that "Jane Eyre" is a good movie.Unfortunately, the story itself is kind of average. Without doubting that from a personal point of view it includes big drama, it relays on a setting already dealt with in many movies and books. Although "Jane Eyre" is probably one of the earlier attempts to deal with this in art, there are tons of similar plots, including modern adaptions like "Pretty Woman", that more or less ground on the same presumption. Unluckily, Jane herself is a hero free from failures and thus an extraordinary boring figure. Her manner of being gentile and empathetic from beginning to the end are honorable but also highly unrealistic and make the movie a bit foreseeable.All in all, "Jane Eyre" depicts an average story with average characters in a high-quality way. I respect that. But still there are better or more relevant movies.

I felt that this was the best Jane Eyre adaption I've seen. It portrayed the characters well (except that Rochester was more attractive than described in the book) and the acting was quite good. It left out a few important characters and plot revelations and added some Hollywood theme, but overall it was pretty accurate. They did a great job of generalizing the important parts of the book and making the plot flow. Overall, would recommend. I liked Rochester better in the movie than in the book. Even if you don't like historical fiction, I would try to watch it.