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To ask if you're looking forward to the "re-imagined" Wuthering Heights?

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Toeragg · 11/02/2026 22:34

I can't wait! Jacob Eldori's wig looks a bit dodgy in the first part but he scrubs up well when Heathcliff becomes rich. Not sure about the Yorkshire accent.

Margot Robbie looks a bit too old and glowy to be Cathy but I'm there for the frocks, the interiors and the scenary!

Anyone else going?

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JuliettaCaeser · 12/02/2026 07:47

Saw last night. Hmm. Not blown away. Quite surface level.

greencheetah · 12/02/2026 07:46

Dreadful book.

The film only tells the first half of the story, so is there going to be a part two?

I love Margot Robbie but she’s way too old to play Catherine.

Comtesse · 12/02/2026 07:44

Sweetiedarling7 · 11/02/2026 23:40

The original book was more than enough for me. I think it is a terrible story full of abuse and horror.
It blows my mind that anyone finds Heathcliff sexy.

Completely agree. The very idea that this is supposed to be “romantic” - I can’t get my head round it.

mrsCtheRed · 12/02/2026 07:37

I won't be.

I've never 'got' WH. He's a lunatic, she's a snob, and so I never cared about either of them.

This adaption looks batshit too, like Tim Burton having a fever dream on acid 😵‍💫

Sartre · 12/02/2026 07:33

The reviews are terrible. I don’t think the casting is brilliant. I’m always open to interpretation with fiction (not historical reenactments) but I don’t think Margot Robbie makes a good Kathy, she’s about 15 years too old and very fair.

I hear they’ve sexualised it which is pretty standard for Hollywood. There are zero sex scenes in the book, it’s more about the tension and toxic chemistry between the two. I’m not a huge Brontë fan but this book is particularly strong so it’s a shame they didn’t do a better job.

PoohneedsaPimms · 12/02/2026 07:33

No, the trailer and reviews have put me off. I would rather see an adaptation that’s close to the novel.

dudsville · 12/02/2026 07:29

I'm not going to see it because this kind of genre of film doesn't interest me. It looks like a steamy "romance" novel (why do we call them that?). They could have made their film but called it something else, instead they're dressing up a romance novel to make it look like an adaptation of a great piece of classic literature.

OldReliability · 12/02/2026 07:25

Toeragg · 12/02/2026 06:32

I'm not watching a trashy 'adaptation' like this - doesn't it open with a public hanging scene where the criminal ejaculates?

Urgh!

Going to ask MNHQ to edit my title to say No Spoilers Allowed. Don't want to know if Cathy dies or not.

I don’t think it’s a spoiler if the novel has been in the public domain, and incredibly famous, for 179 years!

TheBeaTgoeson1 · 12/02/2026 07:25

Hearing Margot Robbie talk about the wank rock that she used to pleasure herself on top of the cliff for one of the scenes, as Cathy of course, not in real life, put me right off. So no.

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Toeragg · 12/02/2026 07:23

Well, the trailer looks like a Meatloaf video

😂 Why didn't JE say no to the wig?!

Laurence Olivier was magnificent as Heathcliff.

Disclaimer: gave up on the book.

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Toeragg · 12/02/2026 06:32

I'm not watching a trashy 'adaptation' like this - doesn't it open with a public hanging scene where the criminal ejaculates?

Urgh!

Going to ask MNHQ to edit my title to say No Spoilers Allowed. Don't want to know if Cathy dies or not.

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Ritasueandbobtoo9 · 12/02/2026 05:43

OldReliability · 11/02/2026 22:48

Well, the trailer looks like a Meatloaf video, so no. Can’t say I’m holding my breath.

Exactly why I am definitely going to see it!

dEdiCatEdFeliNeEntHusiAst · 12/02/2026 05:38

TheActualQueen · 11/02/2026 23:27

Yesssss! Saltburn was hilarious.

Me too, I loved Saltburn so looking forward to this but I'll be waiting till it comes on the telly.

ShawnaMacallister · 12/02/2026 05:00

I don't want to see it as although I'm not a purist I think it's too much a departure from the novel to be interesting as an adaptation of the story, and I don't really care about it as a fanfic version. I don't find Jacob Elordi attractive and the idea of a 35 year old Cathy is too stupid.

lovelyweatherforasleighride · 12/02/2026 04:45

Elordi's terrible wig is offputting. But casting Margot Robbie, 35, with her giant lady face, as the teenage Cathy is beyond ridiculous.

GrooveArmada · 12/02/2026 00:40

Sorry, no. Elordi is miscast and I don't want him to ruin it for me. Such a shame.

Contrarymary30 · 12/02/2026 00:30

I won't watch it , I'm always disappointed with movies of books I've read . I loved the book .

Arlanymor · 12/02/2026 00:29

CraftandGlamour · 12/02/2026 00:18

Nailed it.

It's a no from me also.

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ipanemagirl · 12/02/2026 00:25

I am a bit curious to see it but I did think Saltburn was a bit 🤢. Ferrell is a female director doing well but I think she thinks she’s terribly groundbreaking when she just seems to have a very bracing, high coloured, posh, gross out thing going on.

But it’s at least a female perspective. But MR as Cathy? And Elordi as heathcliffe? No but maybe not worse than Ralph Fiennes. Robbie is wrong in most things except Barbie and Tarantino I think . She’s just too pretty for Cathy. Cathy should be dark and earthy I think.

but it’s her film so her choice.

WaneyEdge · 12/02/2026 00:24

OldReliability · 11/02/2026 22:48

Well, the trailer looks like a Meatloaf video, so no. Can’t say I’m holding my breath.

I’d have said Guns N’ Roses, puts me in mind of ‘November Rain’. I’ll not be watching, looks bloody awful. Won’t be reading the book either, too depressing.

CraftandGlamour · 12/02/2026 00:18

OldReliability · 11/02/2026 22:48

Well, the trailer looks like a Meatloaf video, so no. Can’t say I’m holding my breath.

Nailed it.

It's a no from me also.

Thepossibility · 12/02/2026 00:18

No. I was interested until Margot said they are codependent, he filled her room with flowers etc. Made me feel ick that they are pretending they are romantically involved for the sake of promoting the movie. I know that it's not unusual but this time and from her (who usually seems such a genuine MARRIED person) it's put me right off.

outerspacepotato · 12/02/2026 00:17

I'll happily give it a miss. This one looks like the worst of all the WH movies.

NoDrums · 12/02/2026 00:17

PabloEscoBear · 11/02/2026 23:36

I am. It’s my favourite book too, and I can’t wait!
I read this earlier and sent it to my friend who I’m dragging along to watch it:

“Not all the reviews of Wuthering Heights have been harsh – Caryn James writing for BBC Culture describes the ‘bold reinvention’ as ‘utterly absorbing’, The Hollywood Reporters calls it, tantalisingly, ‘ripe and juicy’, and in a five star rave, The Telegraph (of all places) called it ‘a gasp-inducing thrill ride’. Who doesn’t want a gasp-inducing thrill ride on a Friday night?”

🤣. Great user name @PabloEscoBear 😆

NoDrums · 12/02/2026 00:15

Alackadaisical · 11/02/2026 23:58

Fascinated to see that there seem to be many people who don't want to see it because they don't like the book... and also many people who don't want to see it because they DO like the book!

Surely it can't have been the intention to alienate both camps?!

(I appreciate that this doesn't apply to everyone. But surely it's a bit of a marketing nightmare, if they're not necessarily capturing either audience? Or perhaps they're just targeting people who have never heard of the book at all?)

Excellent point!