Wuthering Heights

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  • Opened October 5, 2012 (Limited)
  • 2 hr 8 min
  • NR
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 14+. More on child suitability

  • An epic love story spanning childhood well into the young adult years, the film follows Heathcliff (in Arnold’s version, a black boy), who is taken in by a Yorkshire farmer, Earnshaw. Living in Earnshaw's home on the windswept moors, Heathcliff develops a passionate relationship with the farmer's teenage daughter, Cathy, 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. Full synopsis

  • Cast: James Howson, Kaya Scodelario, Steve Evets, Nichola Burley
  • Director: Andrea Arnold
  • Genres: Drama, Romance

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Wuthering Heights (2012)

by Jlauren731

As close to the novel as anyone's come yet. Beautiful direction that makes the Yorkshire moors come alive, helping portray Bronte's key theme. It's dark and conflicted, but so is the novel, something...

Oh No!
Seriously horrible Movie

by jmpfahl

IMO this is probably one of the worst movies I've seen!! I will give the disclaimer that I wasn't a huge fan of the book, however this movie was still bad. The people who made this film took it to a...

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i was not impressed with this one

by marriedmyego

I belive masterpiece Theater had the best adaptation of wuthering heights tom hardy in my opinion played the best heathcliff and Dialect stayed true to the era in the story timeline if your a...

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Entertainment Weekly
| Lisa Schwarzbaum

Willful, meandering, and intriguing, this Wuthering Heights is similarly headstrong. Read full review

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Slant Magazine
| Joseph Jon Lanthier

In whittling down Emily Brontë's romance to its most earthly aspects, Andrea Arnold stylizes herself into an unavoidable corner. Read full review

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Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

What she hasn't done is make a terrifically entertaining film. Although this version dumps many of the novel's passages, particularly from the later chapters, it's dreary and slow-paced, heavy on atmosphere, introverted. I suppose life on an isolated moor was like that at the time, but do we need this much atmosphere? Read full review

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Boston Globe
| Ty Burr

If the new Wuthering Heights makes you uncomfortable, that's part of Andrea Arnold's game plan. Read full review

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Solomon Glave and Shannon Beer in "Wuthering Heights."