{"id":430489,"date":"2026-02-17T13:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/430489\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T13:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:55:10","slug":"wuthering-heights-leaves-viewers-visibly-devastated-in-filmed-reaction-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/430489\/","title":{"rendered":"Wuthering Heights leaves viewers visibly devastated in filmed reaction | Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/wuthering-heights\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wuthering Heights<\/a> prompted a wave of tearful reactions after its release in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/uk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UK<\/a> and US cinemas over the Valentine\u2019s Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/adaptation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">adaptation<\/a>, directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/emerald-fennell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emerald Fennell<\/a> and starring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/margot-robbie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Margot Robbie<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/jacob-elordi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jacob Elordi<\/a>, opened on 13 February 2026 and quickly sparked an outpouring of emotion online. Viewers posted self-filmed videos weeping as the credits rolled, with one describing the experience as having \u201cliterally crushed my soul.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although early reviews were mixed, with some critics arguing that the film diverges from Emily Bront\u00eb\u2019s original novel, audiences appeared deeply moved by its emotional intensity, many leaving cinemas visibly shaken by the tragic love story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wuthering Heights prompted a wave of tearful reactions after its release in UK and US cinemas over the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-430489","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-movies","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}