Wuthering Heights
Andrea Arnold's WUTHERING HEIGHTS is an excitingly fresh and distinct take on the classic novel by Emily Bronte. An epic love story that spans childhood well into the young adult years, the film follows Heathcliff, a boy taken in by a benevolent Yorkshire farmer, Earnshaw. Living in Earnshaw's home, Heathcliff develops a passionate relationship with the farmer's teenage daughter, Catherine, inspiring the envy and mistrust of his son, Hindley. When Earnshaw passes away, the now-grown characters must finally confront the intense feelings and rivalries that have built up throughout their years together. Arnold's film is a beautiful and evocative visual masterpiece that brings out the powerful emotions at the heart of Bronte's classic novel, resulting in a viscerally affecting love story. It is a sweepingly old-fashioned tale of family, class, and romance told in a bracingly modern way by one of contemporary cinema's most gifted and unique filmmakers.
- Director
- Andrea Arnold
- Actors
- Kaya Scodelario, James Howson, Solomon Glave, Shannon Beer, Steve Evets, Oliver Milburn
- Genre
- Drama
- Run Time
- 2 hours 9 minutes
Reviews from Rotten Tomatoes
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It's just that there isn't enough story - the book shouldn't be required reading for the film to make sense.
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times, 10.11.2012 -
Arnold, a director of uncommon originality, attacks our very notion of what a costume drama should look like. The result is neither dainty nor remotely refined: It's an animalistic, mud-splattered howl of torment.
Jeannette Catsoulis, NPR, 10.05.2012 -
Arnold has been successful in reimagining the story's archetypal emotions in the story, bringing it closer to its passionate elements.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, 11.28.2012 -
Arnold drastically pares back dialogue and exposition, telling the classic tale of passion and revenge with probing, harshly sensual camera work and a minimum of sentimentality.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune, 12.06.2012
