{"id":482072,"date":"2026-02-18T02:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T02:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/482072\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T02:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T02:54:08","slug":"movie-review-fennells-wuthering-heights-is-a-weird-and-wild-valentine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/482072\/","title":{"rendered":"MOVIE REVIEW: Fennell’s Wuthering Heights is a weird and wild valentine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emily Bront\u00eb’s classic novel gets a radical makeover in Emerald Fennell’s latest film adaptation of Wuthering Heights, just in time for Valentine\u2019s Day<\/p>\n

The Snapshot:\u00a0Oscar-winning filmmaker Emerald Fennell delivers a visually stunning yet emotionally jarring take on the timeless tale of doomed love.<\/p>\n

Wuthering Heights<\/p>\n

6 out of 10<\/p>\n

14A, 2hrs 16mins. Romance Drama.<\/p>\n

Written and directed by Emerald Fennell.<\/p>\n

Starring Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi, Hong Chau, Shazad Latif, Alison Oliver and Martin Clunes.<\/p>\n

Now Playing at Film.Ca Cinemas<\/a>, 5 Drive-In, Cineplex Winston Churchill & VIP and Cineplex Oakville & VIP.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no way Emily Bront\u00eb could have ever imagined her 1847 novel Wuthering Heights would ever inspire a love story quite like the one set to dominate movie theatres for Valentine\u2019s Day this week.<\/p>\n

Oscar winning writer Emerald Fennell has adapted (nay, transformed) Bront\u00eb\u2019s book into a garish, sleek and edgy interpretation of the classic love story with a strange kind of success. The total product is a compelling film – even if it is indescribably weird.<\/p>\n

Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi co-star as forbidden lovers Catherine and Heathcliff respectively, and their scenes together have a sizzling intensity. That amplifies the story\u2019s romance, but it also amplifies the underlying drama and bleakness.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve never read the source book, there\u2019s a long list of dramatic liberties\u00a0taken. The core plot, however, remains in tact: it follows the calamitous love between Catherine and Heathcliff as they are raised side by side at the titular house. As they grow up, their relationships unleash chaos on multiple families in the 19th century Yorkshire moors.<\/p>\n

On one hand, the film is filled with spellbinding style. Terrific craftsmanship surrounds the project, including outstanding sets and costumes that are both timeless and modern to create a brutal, passionate look. Add in Linus Sandgren\u2019s cinematography and the cinema is technical art at its finest.<\/p>\n

And on the other hand, the tone in Fennell\u2019s Wuthering Heights takes the depravity and wildness of Bront\u00eb\u2019s characters to extremes. Most of the love, it feels, take a backseat to the anger and bitterness between key characters.<\/p>\n

Focusing on the ruthless and cold choices many of the characters take robs the film of its love, humour and easy connecting points to modern audiences. Placed against the harshness of the English countryside setting, and viewers might have a stark feeling.<\/p>\n

That being said – comfort is not a normal feature of Fennell\u2019s filmmaking. As a writer and director, she\u2019s made a career on the roguish and crazed instincts of love. Heck, that darkly comic passion is what put her on the map with 2020\u2019s Promising Young Woman.<\/p>\n

Read more here: Big winners of the 93rd\u00a0Academy Awards (2021 article)<\/a><\/p>\n

Some moments are shocking, both in their fun but also in their grossness. While it makes the movie an artful and thoughtful affair, it also means it may not be an appropriate choice as an easygoing date night for Valentine\u2019s Day this year, which is clearly what the marketing has been positioning the film as for months.<\/p>\n

In all, Wuthering Heights is an effective piece of cinema that\u2019s made with great care and dedication. Whether weirdness is part of your own love story will greatly influence how much enjoyment and entertainment value Fennell\u2019s newest work will bring you.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emily Bront\u00eb’s classic novel gets a radical makeover in Emerald Fennell’s latest film adaptation of Wuthering Heights, just…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75,194782],"class_list":{"0":"post-482072","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-entertainmentreviewsromancemoviesdramamargot-robbiewarner-brothersnow-playingjacob-elordi"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482072","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=482072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}