Powerful

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

I wanted to give it a rating of 8 or 9 but that wouldn't be fair as it would come just from me left with a feeling of sadness for this unhappy love story which is exactly what the movie wanted to reach. I read in other reviews that people were not happy of how Heathcliff was portrayed - too less cruel and letting the viewer feel sympathy for him. That exactly is what made me love this movie! It made me suffer with both sides Catherine and Heathcliff for their passionate love for each other which they could never express fully. Both actors playing the lead roles must be amazingly talented, everything was so real, I didn't want to miss even one second of their acting. The movie shows the destructive side of passion and love mixed with a society that does not allow anyone living a life outside of what was set for him/her at birth. It's been a long time ago I've last enjoyed a movie so much! When the movie finished I was left with a feeling of an unfinished and not lived love. The last scene of them at the window, both dead now, didn't in the slightest satisfy the need to see them enjoying themselves more. Great movie for romance and period drama junkies like me!

The Heathcliff played by Tom Hardy is the closest to the book-Heathcliff out of the film-Heathliffs I ever saw. Hardy displays best the brutal force and vengeance that made Heathcliff not "the one" in terms of a husband in any version of the story. I think both him and the child playing young H. were doing very well. Apart from the "little flaw" that Heatchliff vowed on more then one occasion in the book that he would never ever disrespect Cathy's will of having something. He never once made comments on wealth... Cathy was duely full of fire, although she was a bit too meek overall. Film-makers forget that even when Cathy dresses up like little lady, she is still a wild creature. Besides, at the end she becomes MAD. Sorry, but when she dies, she is far from being the poor mother that dies in giving birth. She is self-centered until the last. As a child, she was already using the same slightly haughty manners, and never loses this attitude (and never progresses too badly in it either.). Here, she was just too meek, while Edgar was just too cold-hearted. His true colors should be gentleness and meekness, who chooses to be buried with Cathy on the moors. Despite these interpretations, all of the characters, Hindley, Isabella and Nelly included, were just very good choices. They were looking like (and having looks of) the true characters. I adored especially how facial expressions of Cathy and her brother Hindley were matching. (They should have the same eyes.) Youngest Catherine were duely different in colors, but not in the body movement and in the facial expressions. She had just the same way of talking, and running like her mum. I think this was the best film-adaptation so far, but it should have been even more faithful to the book to become "perfect" :)

I actually came across this version, by mistake, a lucky mistake! I grew up in the 70's watching the yearly airing of the 1939 version w/ Mom on a Sunday afternoon. (She's gone now, great memories!). I knew of no other version, then I saw the 70's Dalton version & was upset w/ the "butchery" of it, (until my aunt told me that the "butchered" one was the '39 version)! I still don't like the Dalton version, to me, he & Marshall lacked the appeal that Oberon & Oliver had. Then I saw the '92 Fiennes version & loved it, it's the 1st time I saw the entire "book version". Recently, I came across two, 2011 remakes, 1 w/Howson, & 1 w/Rosmer. The Howson version I thought was like Romeo & Juliette, w/DiCaprio, (which I hated, So I didn't bother w/it,). Today it was on TV, I only saw the last 1/2, aside of his killing rabbits,(again and again!) & the characters looking like they need baths, it was OK, 5/6 stars. DVR's set for next week, I'll decide than. Anyway, Amazon Prime, had a PBS/Rosmer version, watched it & loved it! Unlike the '70 & '92 versions both 2011 remakes had attractive actors playing the characters, (Lol, I think that helps getting into the romance of the story instead of unattractive ones that make me cringe when the kiss!) I.M.O. the PBS/Rosmer version topped the Fiennes version! Enjoy!

This movie contains very strong emotions and leaves you out of words after watching it. The main actors play great and make you enjoy the movie a lot. I have never seen Tom Hardy in a movie before, but this role he plays just perfectly, it suits him a lot. Charlotte Riley plays her role greatly as well. Also, the environment and costumes for the movie were selected perfectly as it resembles old times very good. Overall, this movie is based on Emile Bronte book "Wuthering heights" and tells about endless love with all the most beautiful and painful emotions it may cause. The other really strong movie that I could compare it with is "Mary Bryant" (with Romola Garai in main role).