My experience was so drastically opposed to what I'd heard about this film in the newspapers that I was going to write a shocked review here but I see that it has already all been said. Reviewed by Igenlode Wordsmith 5 / 10 They got the wuthering right The moors look suitably wild, and there is a strong sense of mud, but beyond that there are few positives to take from this film. The biggest sin, however, is to take Wuthering Heights and imbue it with absolutely no passion at all. TV frame, incongruous mise-en-scene, poor casting and dodgy racial politics - any one of these could sink a film, but all four together is a very tough sell. The racial epithets are not shocking they seem more a cynical ploy to garner publicity. The film overtly attempts to appeal on visual grounds and as a result dialogue appears to have been an after-thought, as most lines are flat and predictable. The actresses around them can act, but it is a poor return on the ticket price. Alas, it is not to be, as the actor playing Heathcliff is wooden beyond belief, pipping the actor playing Edgar for the prize. The return of the now successful Heathcliff in the latter half of the film means the grown up cast having the same effect as substitutes in a football game - imbibing the audience/spectators with a glimmer of hope. We get that in the first ten minutes - the rest of the time we are just going over established territory. They are earthy people of and from the land, the film screams, like the interminable procession of animals we see depicted. The decision to spend most of the film with the early years of Heathcliff and Cathy also seems ill-conceived, as the two youngsters frolic in the mud for an eternity without the story moving forward very much. That was a bizarre decision - these moors, this landscape, demand widescreen. The writing was on the wall when their heart sank as the curtains whirred into place and settled on a 4:3 aspect ratio. They were the ones walking out at the screening I went to. The audience coming along expecting to see a period piece are getting a surprise, and unfortunately it is not a pleasant one. However, they seem incongruous matched against a classic from the literary canon. Her hand-held camera, non-linear montage, and bouts of frenzied physicality arguably complement her two tales of modern ennui and angst, Red Road and Fish Tank. Reviewed by CountZero313 3 / 10 how can Wuthering Heights lack passion?Īndrea Arnold's take on a well-known tale falls flat for a number of reasons.
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