Posted on 02/19/2026 3:41:29 AM PST by C19fan
Wuthering Heights reviews are out for the Emily Brontë adaptation by Emerald Fennell featuring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. While some love the story and it's full featured romance, others comment about the destruction of the source material. Following a similar path to Marvel and other IP's, the source material of Wuthering Heights was ignored as the book was rewritten for a modern audience. Is Wuthering Heights worth watching?
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What I find ironic is that in an era where the term “toxic masculinity” gets thrown around constantly, Heathcliff is arguably the most toxic man in all of literary history.
The row over this is kind of funny to me, a lot of women, including wokies do not like their soft porn tampered with, all the sudden they now value source material and the value keeping the integrity of it.
In English class 1970-71, we were assigned to read Wuthering Heights. I think I got about a quarter of the way through. It turned me off gothic novels ever since and I always thought it is a terrible book to assign to 7th grade boys.
I read it, I think as it was on a list of recommended books. It might have been assigned. I think I was 16 at the time.
My reaction was similar to yours. I thought it was way too much like real life. Very little action. All kinds of silly mind games and lack of communication. I definitely would classify it as a “chick” book.
Bear in mind, I have not picked it up in almost 60 years. My memory may be incorrect, and my tastes have probably matured.
Agreed. Mr. Rochester I could work with. Heathcliff, absolutely not.
"Wuthering Heights" (Goth Version)
(gotta love those 'Eyes Wide Shut' guys schlepping through)
It reminds me of the Hallmark movies. They have gotten boring and cheap. Same plots over and over again and the same actors over and over again. Puts me to sleep.
We had a choice between Kevin James movie, Solo Mio and Wuthering. We wisely chose Solo Mio. Great movie!
I have not seen the new movie but read a lot of commentary about it and it sounds like the new adaptation is definitely Wuthering Heights for the modern audience. And I agree that the original novel is not as good as it was always hyped up to be. Definitely not a classic. Or at least that was my opinion too. Then again, I’m probably not the target audience for it.
All I can say is when I saw the commercial for it I thought the wildly over heated acting was a gag for which a punchline was coming. Imagine my amazement when it turned out it was all dead serious 🧐
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That's all I need to read - heard a review of the new movie -which I was looking forward to - on the radio and the critic said same, too much deviation from the book.
In that case, no thanks - did they add trannies, gay marriages and DEI characters for a "modern audience?" Not sure they could get a movie made these days without those elements.
I was never a fan of Wuthering Heights so I had a reflexive indifference towards this movie. I was aware of some of the criticisms being made; these rang true, and they heightened my disinterest.
But beyond that ... I try not to be snarky about actors, but I think Margot Robbie has fallen into the familiar movie industry trap of actors — especially young women — chasing eternal youth. She’s still trying to play sex kitten roles.
Well, no. She is ... I’ll try to remain a gentleman here ... a noticeably attractive woman, now in early middle age. But she should be moving into age appropriate roles, not trying to pay down ten or more years.
Margot Robbie was 34 when this was filmed. In the novel, Catherine Earnshaw was 15 when Heathcliff ran away, and she died at age 18 or 19.
Nope. Doesn’t work.
Jacob Elordi was 27 when this was filmed. In the novel, he was 16 when he ran away.
Nope. Doesn’t work.
Right off the bat, the movie has two much older actors behaving like lovesick teenagers. For those who like that sort of thing.
What are we going to see next? Robbie and Elordi playing Romeo and Juliet? Because some algorithm driven studio and the hedge fund/Blackrock investors checking actors’ social media followers deems them “hot?” This is how careers get sidetracked.
Good casting directors are worth their weight in gold. But they need to work for producers, directors and studios willing to stand up to the algorithms.
I haven’t seen the movie. Everything I’ve read about it so far deepens my disinterest. One of the reasons I’m usually enthusiastic about new movies is that I do my due diligence first, watch the trailer and read some reviews, and already have a reason to want to watch before I buy a ticket. Accepting aging gracefully is one of the hallmarks of good acting ... and good casting and good directing.
I loved the book decades ago. And I liked the 1939 movie.
This seems a little “off”. (It’s amazing how many WH movies have made, as I discovered when searching through my streaming media.)
That’s so funny.
I’m holding out for Wuthering Heights with Zombies...
Loved the Timothy Dalton Heathcliff.
The worst is that horrible 1940 movie version of Pride and Prejudice.
I agree with you, C. I do not like Wuthering Heights. I don't like anyone in it. It's also boring. The imagery of the snowy Yorkshire moors and the sense of isolation are vivid; I'll have to give Emily Brontë that. I was annoyed with myself for wasting hours of my life reading it.
I also do not like The Great Gatsby. Scott Fitzgerald is an immensely overrated author.
So is Ernest Hemingway. The only thing worthwhile he ever wrote was A Moveable Feast, but that's like a time-travel travelogue, of interest but that's about all.
I started watching that ones this morning for a short time. Will continue later on.
Those Bronte sisters sure had a dark side. 🤔
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