Overview
- Critics are divided, with aggregated scores at 71% on Rotten Tomatoes (65 reviews) and 60 on Metacritic (31 reviews) as of late Monday.
- Wuthering Heights opens in theaters on February 13 with an R rating for sexual content, some violent content and language, and a 136-minute runtime.
- Coverage notes bold stylistic choices, including Charli XCX’s modern soundtrack and anachronistic design elements, alongside a focus on desire and obsession.
- Several reviews emphasize that the adaptation trims much of the novel’s later material to concentrate on the central relationship.
- Ongoing debate centers on Jacob Elordi’s casting as Heathcliff and the film’s reframing of Brontë’s themes away from racial otherness toward class and sensuality.