We\u2019ll finally get to see Margot Robbie<\/a> and Jacob Elordi<\/a> in action as Cathy and Heathcliff when Saltburn director Fennell\u2019s adaptation of Emily Bront\u00eb\u2019s 1874 classic arrives in cinemas in less than a fortnight. <\/p>\n Some lucky critics have seen Wuthering Heights early though, and while full reviews are embargoed until closer to the film\u2019s release date, attendees at the recent Los Angeles premiere have been given the OK to post on social media. <\/p>\n \u201cEmerald Fennell\u2019s #WutheringHeightsMovie is a god-tier new classic,\u201d film critic Courtney Howard declared. \u201cIntoxicating, transcendent, tantalising, bewitching, lust worthy, hypnotic. Expertly captures the breathtaking ache [and] essence of desire.\u201d <\/p>\n IndieWire editor-at-large Anne Thompson was also won over, predicting that Wuthering Heights will \u201csoar at the box office\u201d. <\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi in \u2018Wuthering Heights\u2019 (Warner Bros)<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s a rip-roaring, bodice-ripping crowd-pleaser,\u201d she continued. \u201cBoth Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie will come out ahead. Audiences will fall for Emerald Fennell\u2019s garish visuals and unrestrained direction. Everything is BIG.\u201d<\/p>\n The decision to cast Aussies Elordi and Robbie as the two leads raised eyebrows<\/a>, with many pointing out 35-year-old Robbie is almost two decades older than Cathy is in the original text, while Heathcliff is described as \u201cdark-skinned\u201d. <\/p>\n Thompson isn\u2019t the only critic to praise the pair, though. Variety\u2019s senior artisans editor Jazz Tangcay described the movie as \u201ca scorching hot and twisted tale\u201d, adding: \u201cMargot Robbie and Jacob Elordi\u2019s chemistry and sexual tension is a whole other level of HOT!\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cOnly Emerald could take a classic, turn it on its head, make you fall completely in lust, and then utterly destroy your soul,\u201d she continued. \u201cAn exquisite spectacle of craftsmanship that left me salivating over the costumes, cinematography and production design. Obsessively in love with it.\u201d<\/p>\n Film critic Brandon Norwood added: \u201cSolid! Margot and Jacob are explosive together. Their chemistry leaps off the screen. The craft on display is top-notch. A tad too long, but I was thoroughly entertained. And yeah it\u2019s hot. It\u2019s horny.\u201d <\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n (Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n \u201cIf you already thought Jacob Elordi was the next big thing after Euphoria, Saltburn, and Frankenstein, just wait until you see him here,\u201d entertainment writer Scott Menzel said. \u201cThe sexual tension and chemistry between Margot Robbie and Elordi is so intense you can practically cut it with a knife.\u201d<\/p>\n The film\u2019s stars and director are currently on a global press tour<\/a> to promote the project, and Fennell recently defended the decision to cast Elordi as Heathcliff, telling The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>: \u201cI think the thing is everyone who loves this book has such a personal connection to it, and so you can only ever make the movie that you sort of imagined yourself when you read it. <\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know, I think I was focusing on the pseudo-masochistic elements of it.\u201d<\/p>\n Wuthering Heights is in cinemas from 13 February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,337],"class_list":["post-454096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Margot](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/rev-1-WHE-T1-0039_High_Res_JPEG.jpeg\")
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