"Writer/director Emerald Fennell makes movies that drive the discourse: Promising Young Woman, Saltburn and now "Wuthering Heights" those quotation marks are part of it. Fennell is steering into the lush fever-dream of Emily Bronte's only novel with a cast led by young Hollywood royalty. Cathy is an impetuous young woman who lives in a decaying manor house, played as an adult by Margot Robbie."
"One day her father brings home a young brooding urchin whom Cathy adopts as her plaything, at first. That's Heathcliff played as an adult by Jacob Elordi. You know the plot: the two young people love and hate each other, separated by class, Cathy's ambitions and Heathcliff's seething jealousy. They treat each other horribly until they start treating each other very, very well, in a fun sexy way, but society in the form of Cathy's marriage to a wealthy neighbor intervenes."
Multiple new films open this Friday the 13th, beginning a Valentine's weekend release slate that mixes romance, animation, and horror. Emerald Fennell directs a stylized adaptation of Wuthering Heights starring Margot Robbie as Cathy and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff, emphasizing fever-dream visuals, Gothic melodrama, and intense interpersonal violence and desire. Alison Oliver's portrayal of Isabella provides standout scenes. An animated sports comedy produced by Stephen Curry features an anthropomorphized goat aspiring to be the G.O.A.T. Additional new horror titles include Send Help, Iron Lung, and Cold Storage, contributing to a diverse and provocative week at the multiplex.
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