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Wuthering Heights

Love is a force of nature

2011 · 2h 4m · Not Rated Drama, Romance
Directed by Andrea Arnold

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Overview

Yorkshire moorlands, northern England, in the late 18th century. Young Heathcliff, rescued from the streets of Liverpool by Mr. Earnshaw, the owner of Wuthering Heights, an isolated farm, develops over the years an insane passion for Cathy, his foster sister, a sick obsession destined to end tragically.

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All reviews
68%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Arnold drastically pares back dialogue and exposition, telling the classic tale of passion and revenge with probing, harshly sensual camera work and a minimum of sentimentality.

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Rotten

In reality it's a bit of a slog.

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Fresh

Arnold has been successful in reimagining the story's archetypal emotions in the story, bringing it closer to its passionate elements.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten

Arnold ... has put her stamp on Emily Bronte's 19th-century novel Wuthering Heights, but it's a smudged and imperfect stamp, to be sure.

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten

Essentially a misunderstanding of (or an inability to convey) the breathing soul of this material.

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

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