Emerald Fennell‘s hotly anticipated adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic, and very hot, novel Wuthering Heights had its first few screenings for press on Tuesday, and the early reaction suggests the film starring objectively hot Aussie pair of Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi is, well, hot.
While official, full, critics reviews for Wuthering Heights are embargoed till closer to the film’s Feb. 13 release date, Warner Bros. Pictures allowed press to release social media reaction to screenings this week.
The film, based on Brontë’s 1847 book, is set on the windswept moors of West Yorkshire and tells the story of Catherine Earnshaw (Robbie) and her turbulent relationship with the dashing Heathcliff (Elordi). Written for the screen and directed by Fennell, the cast includes Hong Chau, Shazad Latif, Alison Oliver, Martin Clunes and Ewan Mitchell.
Wuthering Heights has been adapted for the screen dozens of times over the last century. The most notable feature adaptations include William Wyler’s 1939 film (starring Merle Oberon as Catherine and Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff); Robert Fuest’s 1970 take (starring Timothy Dalton as Heathcliff and Anna Calder-Marshall as Catherine); Peter Kosminsky’s 1992 adaptation (starring Juliette Binoche as both Catherine and her daughter, and Ralph Fiennes as Heathcliff); and Andrea Arnold’s 2011 film (starring Kaya Scodelario as Catherine and James Howson as Heathcliff).
Wuthering Heights is Fennell’s third film as director, following the critically acclaimed and Oscar-winning Promising Young Woman (2020) and the pop culture phenomenon and BAFTA nominated Saltburn (2023).
See a selection of social media reaction to Wuthering Heights.
