After a very bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. She has a new position at Thornfield Hall. She meets the dark, cold and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Jane seems to finally have found happiness at last. But she doesn’t know that Mr. Rochester has a terrible secret that could destroy everything she believes to be true?
Unfortunately, there problems with this adaptation of the book. There is no chemistry between Jane and Rochester. There also isn’t any of the suspicious and eerie laughter from Grace Pole. Rochester also has no charisma? Not really any excitement except until they expose their love. Mia’s expression and facial features don’t change unless she is in a dramatic scene with tears. 3* (I liked this movie)
This is a haunting romantic drama without strong sexual content, foul language or graphic violence. The story at is core is sill quite adult. The film is often somber and sometimes spooky. Some scenes depict how wayward children were treated in this time period and it can be in a cruel manner.
120 min, Drama directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and written by Charlotte Bronte and Moira Buffini with Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Su Elliott, Holiday Grainger, Tamzin Merchant, Amelia Clarkson, Craig Roberts, Sally Hawkins, Lizzie Hopley, Jayne Wisener, Freya Wilson, Emily Haigh, Simon McBurney, Sandy McDade, Freya Parks.
Note: Imdb 7.3* out of 10* with 80,637, 84% with 167 critic reviews, 76% audience score with 33,318 reviews, Roger Ebert 3 1/2*, The Guardian 3* out of 5* Peter Bradshaw, Metacritic 76 out of 100 with 35 critics 7.4 out of 10 with 103 ratings, Common Sense Media S. Jhoanna Robeldo, 4* out of 5*, age 13+, 2* positive 2* violence, 2* sex,18 drinking, drugs, smoking.
Special Note: The majority of the book that is film is based on takes place in the 1830’s. The novel by Charlotte Bronte was published in 1847. Director Cary Joji Fukunaga changed the timeline so that most of this movie takes place a decade later. He felt that the mid-1830’s fashions were very over-the-top and unflattering. He wanted to dress Mrs. Reed in those styles rather than Jane Eyre. The location of Mia’s cottage during filming was so isolated that there was no mobile phone reception. A member of the crew had to be stationed in a nearby phone booth with a walkie talkie in case the crew needed anything. He didn’t mind because the local residents brought him tea and biscuits throughout the day!! Filming locations were in London and various locations in Derbyshire and the Derbyshire Dales plus Sheffield and Broughton Castle in Oxfordshire.
Additional Note: Remarkably there are films from 1910 to 1926, feature films from 1934 to 2011, radio programs 1938 to 2016, television 1949-2007, theater 1849 to 2016, sequels 1992 to 2017, reworking 1958 to2018, retellings 2007 - 2015, prequels 1966, spin-offs 2001-2012, retellings from another character’s point of view 1966-2011, other influences 1938.
Mistakes. The teacup that Jane is drinking tea from is Belleek. This porcelain was first produced in 1863 and was not widely available outside Ireland until the mid-1860’s. The blue mark on Jane’s cup was first used in 1993. Jane tells Adele to come with her and refers to Adele as Madame rather than the proper form of Mademoiselle which is used for a young and unmarried girl.
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