Wuthering Heights

PG

1992

1 hr. 45 min.

Drama

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31%

13 Reviews

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66%

5,000+ Ratings

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Young orphan Heathcliff (Ralph Fiennes) is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy (Juliette Binoche). The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton (Simon Shepherd), a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.

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Martha A

Love it!!! I it a masterpiece very well put together and the chemistry between the actor was awesome!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/11/24

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Mar V

Timeless and my favourite adaptation. They managed to capture the mood of the book, I love everyone' s performance. The scenery is exactly how I've pictured Wuthering heights. The fact that it has Sinead O'Connor as a narrator makes it even more special. And the music is my forever favourite. RIP Sinead and R. Sakamoto. 🤍

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/08/24

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Kitty _

Not a single adaption has ever truly done it justice - but this is my favorite of the adaptions for two reasons 1) Raiph Fiennes manages to capture the essence of Heathcliff better than any other actor ever has and 2) Ryuichi Sakamoto's soaring score together with the authentic filming locations really do bring the book's atmosphere to life...

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/11/23

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Annonie M

Great performance by Fiennes. It's a very good retelling of a classic. I love the slower paced ability to tell the whole story.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Boneyard L

This movie is a tragedy about the cost of bitterness and resentment. I'm rarely in the mood for a bleak morality tale, but those who need the lesson would do well to pay close attention. The novel is vividly realized here though it sometimes abruptly changes tones, apparently in an attempt to include more content from the book. Closest comparison: It's like The Place Beyond the Pines by way of Gone With the Wind. Setting: Gothic Horror Plot: Tragedy Tone: Drama

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/03/22

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Audience Member

Wuthering Heights is one of my favorite books. so I wanted to see an adaptation and that didn't disappoint me: it's perfect. I don't know how to express myself to explain how faithful everything is to the book, but at the same time how it manages to live a life of its own. The performances are extraordinary, Binoche and Fiennes don't play Cathy and Heathcliff, IT'S them. It is really worth seeing, the music is beautiful and the setting is the same as you would imagine reading the novel. The wild and tormented moor, boundless as is the love of the two protagonists. Many criticisms have been directed at the duration of the film, considered too short to tell the story in the novel and that therefore the film appears to give little space to the various characters. I don't think so: all the fundamental elements to understand Heathcliff and Cathy have been brought back into the film and reinvented thanks to the skills of the two actors. I want to remind you that no one knows what happens to Heathcliff during the two years he goes missing, not even in the book it is explained. Even Linton's resigned goodness and lack of quickness of mind and passion are well described. The story does not give much space to the issues of the heirs and it is right so because the story is about a generation dead under hatred, despite the present love, while the new generation loves and respects and therefore will have a bright future.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Peter Kosminsky

Director

Juliette Binoche

Cathy Linton

Ralph Fiennes

Heathcliff

Janet McTeer

Ellen Dean

Sophie Ward

Isabella Linton

Simon Shepherd

Mr. Linton

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Matt Mueller

Empire Magazine

A valiant attempt at compressing a novel as complex as Bronte's into under 2 hours, but 'valiant' shouldn't be mistaken for 'failed'.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 27, 2019

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Adam Mars-Jones

Independent (UK)

Ralph Fiennes makes a demonic Heathcliff, his startlingly blue eyes the only concession to a matinee audience. This performance reminds us that early reviewers of the book were not wrong, when they wondered at the morbidity of its romanticism.

Nov 15, 2017

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Time Out Staff

Time Out

A brave stab, but it doesn't always pierce the heart.

Jan 26, 2006

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Carla Monfort

Espinof

A good initiation to Brontë's story, this adaptation of Wuthering Heights is an accessible and enjoyable version for those who love time period romances. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/5

Aug 17, 2023

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Lorien Haynes

Radio Times

A film that really should never have been made, it'll have you running back to the book to remember just how good it is.

Rated: 1/5

Nov 27, 2019

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Jun 29, 2005

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Synopsis

Young orphan Heathcliff (Ralph Fiennes) is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy (Juliette Binoche). The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton (Simon Shepherd), a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.

Director: Peter Kosminsky
Executive Producer: Simon Bosanquet
Screenwriter: Anne Devlin
Production Co: Paramount Pictures
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2013
Sound Mix: Surround

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