An average movie

Honestly, when I first heard of this movie, I had some rather mixed feelings. Indeed, again another adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s book… Basically, like some other classic books like ‘Pride and Prejudice’ or ‘The Three Musketeers’, they feel compelled to bring again another version every decade (I have to admit it though, I had only seen Zeffirelli’s version so far). On the other hand, there was a really attractive cast and since the reviews were pretty good, I still wanted to check the damned thing. First of all, Mia Wasikowska was a great choice for the title role and she gave a very good performance. Michael Fassbender, easily one of the best actors of his generation, was again really impressive and with Wasikowska, they had some really good chemistry. Furthermore, the directing by Cary Fukunaga was pretty much flawless (I will definitely check his other movies when I get the opportunity) , it looked great and he managed to create a very dreary atmosphere which you should expect to get from a Gothic Romantic novel. Unfortunately, I can’t say I really cared about the story though. I mean, basically, I’m not such a huge fan of those old-fashioned doomed love story and most of the time, while watching/reading such tales, I feel like kicking the characters in their butt in order to make them stop whining all the time and to get them in the sack once and for all. Anyway, to conclude, I have to admit it, even though I didn’t really love it, it is still a decent romantic feature and it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10