"Writer/director Emerald Fennell opens her new take on "Wuthering Heights" with a cunning bit of misdirect, allowing the audience to confuse one kind of heavy breathing for another. It's a choice that confirms the director of Promising Young Woman and Saltburn as one of the boldest filmmakers working today. With Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as tragic gothic lovers Cathy and Heathcliff,"
"Published in 1847, Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights was a shocking work for its time, filled with Big Feelings. There's an exclamation point on pretty much every single page of this book, maybe more than one, all in dialogue. Its characters defy most attempts at sympathy, and seem to glory in opportunities for spite. Fennell makes some bold changes to the narrative, but not as many as you might think."
Emerald Fennell opens Wuthering Heights with a misdirect that blurs the line between sexual and other heavy breathing, signaling bold directorial choices. The film pairs Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as Cathy and Heathcliff, portraying a passionate, gothic love corrupted by class and character. The adaptation preserves the novel's emotional intensity and spiteful characters while adding moments of sensuality that align with the original text. The core story follows Cathy, raised on the Yorkshire moors, and a foundling Heathcliff whose obsessive love conflicts with Cathy's desire for financial security and an advantageous marriage to Edgar Linton.
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