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"Wuthering Heights"
2026 136 min United States of America, United Kingdom R 18+
★6.2
Romance, Drama
Director: Emerald Fennell
🎭 Based on
«Wuthering Heights»
byEmily Brontë
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Description
Tragedy strikes when Heathcliff falls in love with Catherine Earnshaw, a woman from a wealthy family in 18th-century England.
Budget:
$80M
US Gross:
$84M
Worldwide:
$241.7M
Starring
Margot Robbie
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Jacob Elordi
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Hong Chau
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Awards
1 nomination total
Key opinion
Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Wuthering Heights is a polarizing, visually opulent reimagining that prioritizes atmosphere and stylized aesthetics over the narrative complexity of the source material. While many praise the meticulous production design and bold artistic vision, critics are sharply divided on whether this 'music video' style successfully captures the story's brutal heart or reduces it to a hollow, superficial melodrama.
| Production | The film features meticulously crafted production design and striking cinematography that evoke a lavish, postmodern aesthetic. | |
| Theme | The decision to prioritize stylistic excess and modern visuals over the novel's gothic social critique leaves the film feeling hollow and emotionally empty for many viewers. | |
| Acting | The performances of Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are highly contentious; some view their portrayals as intense and fittingly modern, while others find them wooden, miscast, or lacking in chemistry. | |
| Pacing | The film's pacing and narrative structure divide audiences: proponents argue the deliberate, monotonous tempo mirrors the exhausting nature of codependency, while detractors find it dull and lacking in momentum. | |
| Score | The soundtrack is polarizing, with some praising its ability to create a jarring, dissonant mood that reflects modern sensibilities, while others find the musical choices uneven and distracting. | |
| Adaptation | Opinions on the screenplay are deeply split between those who value the director's bold, authorial reinterpretation and those who condemn it as an unrecognizable, fan-fiction-like simplification of Brontë’s work. |