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Wuthering Heights: Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi Film Splits Critics
Emerald Fennell’s adaptation uses explicit visuals and modern music to rework Brontë’s novel, with Jacob Elordi praised and Margot Robbie’s casting sparking divided critical opinion.
- On Feb. 9, critics said Emerald Fennell, writer-director, delivered a loud, bombastic Wuthering Heights that divides opinion as the Warner Bros film nears its Friday, February 13th release.
- By dropping the second-generation framing, Fennell opens with a public-hanging sequence and foregrounds explicit sexual scenes, using anachronistic soundtrack contributors like Charli XCX.
- Jacob Elordi is praised as a hulking, transformative Heathcliff, while Margot Robbie’s Catherine Earnshaw drew criticism for not convincingly portraying a woman in her 30s.
- Supporting cast performances, notably Alison Oliver and Martin Clunes, are singled out for scene-stealing, heightening the film's toxic chemistry, while Suzie Davies's production design draws awards buzz.
- Amid wider conversation, Fennell's previous films, including Promising Young Woman and Saltburn, established her as an iconoclastic filmmaker whose choices continue to provoke debate on adaptation and fidelity.
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Emily Brontë's novel "Wuthering Heights" has captivated the imagination for 180 years and has been adapted into numerous films, television and stage productions. This Friday, February 13, another version that has the world talking is coming to theaters, according to a press release from the film's distributors.
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