Review: Emerald Fennell's 'Wuthering Heights' is an overlong, overwrought bodice ripper
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Harry Tafoya
11d ago· 4 min readenReview
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A review of Emerald Fennell's new adaptation of Wuthering Heights, starring Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie. The critic pans the film as an overlong, overwrought big-budget bodice ripper that leans heavily into horny menace, tactile goop, and shock value (public hanging, dollhouse murder, puppy play) while missing the depth of Brontë's classic. The review is scathing, calling it neither brilliant nor successful as an adaptation.
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· 3 pulledEmerald Fennell's new adaptation of Wuthering Heights reimagines Emily Brontë's classic novel as a big-budget bodice ripper.
There are enough overtones of horny menace to pass for 'erotic' among a viewing public in the midst of a sex drought.
The film is both overlong and overwrought and is neither as brill
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