Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

not horrible nor great

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Not the best version of Emily Bronte's masterpiece, on their own terms of the ones personally seen so far the Laurence Olivier and Robert Cavannagh get that honour. None of the adaptations are bad, even my least favourite the 2011 film and while there is a lot wrong this film adaptation isn't a bad one either. The main problem with the film is that it's very rushed which is why the supporting characters(the Lintons in particular, it did affect Simon Shepherd as Edgar too as there is very little sense of meekness which is a huge part of the character) don't get enough time to shine properly with a come and go vibe and why some of the second half felt jumpy narratively. If the film was longer than it was it would have helped. The ending is also far too abrupt and bittersweet and Juliette Binoche did seem too shallow and classy to start with, the giggling was indeed too much. The film is a stunner visually though, the photography is very fluid, the costumes are true to period, most of the make-up and hair is fine though Heathcliff's hair is far too straight and greasy and with the locations you can really feel and smell the atmosphere of the Yorkshire moors. The script is literate and emotional, the famous lines that are included are very well delivered and the story for the first half at least is coherent and respective of Emily Bronte's writing. With it too there is a real sense of broodiness and tragedy. That it included the events after Cathy's death is most laudable. The acting is good enough. Binoche's acting is much improved and she is every bit the self-centred and spiteful Cathy, even without make-up too she is astonishingly pretty. Her chemistry with Fiennes is intense and moving, the scenes on the moors are beautifully done. Janet McTeer stands out in support, Jeremy Northam doesn't have enough screen-time but he plays the tormentor-to-tormented character of Hindley to a tee and Jason Riddington is a charming Hareton. Sinead O'Connor does a lovely job as Bronte herself. The two best assets are the music score and Ralph Fiennes' Heathcliff. The music is hauntingly beautiful with the brooding moments having a shade of melancholy, of all the Wuthering Heights adaptations only the Timothy Dalton version has a better music score. Heathcliff could have been more of a tortured soul here but Fiennes give a truly powerful and often scary- you wouldn't want to mess with or be in the same room as him- performance, but he does bring a humane side too. In conclusion, far from perfect but like the Timothy Dalton version when it's good it is great. 7/10 Bethany Cox

Wuthering Heights is one of my favorite romantic English novels.That's why I was curios to see all the movies based on this book. Unfornutately, this version was a great disappointment for me, taking into consideration the actors chosen for playing Cathy and Heathcliff. Will all due respect, Fiennes and Binoche are too "soft" and unconvincing, compared with the wild, intensely passionate and powerful characters they were supposed to play. On the other hand, I think that the physical resemblance of the actors with the characters imagined in the book are also extremely important, in order to give force and credibility to the cinematographic version of the novel. For these reasons, in my opinion, the best film based on Bronte's Wuthering Heights remains the one made in 1939, with Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon.

Ralph Fiennes is an absolutely awful Heathcliffe. Where is the wild passion and tormented soul? All we get is a nasally drawl. Films are never as good as the original novel for me, this was totally lacking in depth and to many relationships between the characters are left untouched. Why when Heathcliffe and Cathy are supposed to be 14 do they look 30? Why is Ellen portrayed as such a cold character? How can we accept Cathy II as a believable character when they have just dyed her hair? The whole thing is a joke and the more i think about it the more i hate it! Why is Linton Heathcliffe not the dweeb he is shown as in the book?If i had the DVD I wouldn't deem it good enough to use as a coaster

This movie is profoundly a tale of utter despair and misery. It's a saddening story of love that can never be. I haven't read the original book for comparison, but, in my opinion, this movie lacked balance. The anguish of the characters is so overwhelming that it straight out required some lightness to balance the entirety. The problem with darkness is that, in time, the eyes get used to it. In the sense of drama, this movie became quickly bland, because there was no dramatic variation.The reason why I didn't give this movie a 3/10 is Ralph Fiennes who gave out an outstanding performance. That man requires no lines since his eyes can carry out all the unspoken words. Needless to say that the whole entity of his being is gorgeous. He is sheer beauty, but can actually act, as well. His performance in this movie is so incredibly powerful that it provokes very violent emotions in the viewer. This is the only man who can make a murderous and twisted psycho a truly appealing and lovable character.Fiennes just steals every scene he's in, even simply by standing in the background, sulking. He possesses such raw sexual appeal that I just feel sorry for all the other male leads. (A nude Fiennes scene would have given this movie a full 10, but sadly no...) As a side notion, this movie has a breathtaking opening sequence. Sinister and demure strings begin playing on the dark screen, then the whole sky opens on the canvas and high, beautiful notes roar passionately like the ocean waves as the viewer is met by a gloomy landscape of an endless stormy sky and dark meadows that go on to the distance.An added point for this movie comes from the soundtrack. Japanese truly master the art of capturing emotions into music and Ryuichi Sakamoto makes a fantastic score for the film. His music is full of longing and melancholy, yet it's powerful and consuming.I would only recommend this movie to a person who is specifically interested in periodical drama. As a chick-love-flick this won't do.