#JANE EYRE MOVIE REVIEWS MOVIE#
Bronte’s novel has long since been translated into film, resulting in countless movie versions of Bronte’s disturbing gothic tale. “Conventionality is not morality … narrow human doctrines, that only tend to elate and magnify a few, should not be substituted for the world-redeeming creed of Christ. Jane Eyre (2011) Cary Fukunaga In Bronte’s beloved gothic novel turned film, Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender play opposite each other as Jane Eyre, and her much older employer, Mr. In the preface to her book Charlotte Bronte wrote that, Like the book, the film resists the modern tendency towards situational ethics and argues for a faith that is prepared to politely defy society. The result is a gorgeous period drama worthy of the book that has delighted female readers in particular for over 160 years.īut Jane Eyre is no ‘Mills & Boone’ romance. And Michael Fassbender gives his acting career a much-needed boost from Inglorious Basterds and 300 as Jane’s tortured, Byronic love-interest Edward Rochester. Judi Dench, the quintessential English dame, ably supports her as Thornfield’s warm housekeeper, Mrs Fairfax. Mia Wasikowska (Alice In Wonderland The Kids Are Alright) is also an excellent choice for the plain-but-pure Jane doggedly walking her tightrope between Christian pretense and a libertine society. Writer Moira Buffini plays with the timeline of the film to present an imaginative retelling of what is will be a familiar tale for many fans. There she’s offered the sort of happiness she has only dreamt of – if she is prepared to sacrifice her long held notions of right and wrong.
Providence leads our heroine to Thornfield Manor where she takes up a position as a governess. But Jane struggles through and her faith is defined rather than destroyed by the experience. There Jane is introduced to the worst aspects of Christian Puritanism, in particular the hypocritical Mr Brocklehurst who insists on the most stoic lifestyle for his students, while indulging his family. Jane Eyre is a gorgeous period drama that is certain to be a hit with fans of modern remakes like Pride and Prejudice and Emma.įor that half of the audience who don’t already know the story, Jane Eyre is Charlotte Bronte’s ‘autobiographical’ account of a young orphan who is packed off to a stark boarding school at an early age by her self-centred aunt.
And there have been ten television adaptations of the novel.