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‘Wuthering Heights’ Movie Review: Not much inspired from the novel, Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi starrer film draws a fine line between a love story and an erotica.
Language: English
Director: Emerald Fennell
Cast: Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi
Inspired from the Wuthering Heights novel, Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi starrer film is indeed one of the darkest and complex love stories that we have heard of. Though like any creative product, cinematic liberty has been taken. But the core fundamental elements of Emerald Fennell’s film remain the same. Her approach in this film is very different from her previous works.
Both the movie and the book are set in the storm-swept Yorkshire Moors with harsh weather conditions and that to some extent influences each of the characters’ personalities shown and their high level of resistance to hardship and torture. The central theme of the film is about the toxic yet passionate love between Catherine Earnshaw (
Margot Robbie) and Heathcliff (Jacob Elordi). Both Catherine and Heathcliff’s co-dependence and love for each other can be destructive not only for the society, but for them as well. And who said that love cannot be venomous or complex?
The story begins when Mr. Earnshaw (Martin Clunes) brings home a mysterious orphan child, naming him Heathcliff. He became more like Catherine’s pet. Growing up together, they developed an obsessive bond for each other and the physical and mental dependency was huge between them and it was like they knew each other inside out and that made the relationship dark and toxic. The movie makes you understand the complexity of love and often question whether it was actually love or lust?
The physical dependency shown in the movie is so deep and intense that it sometimes leads to vulnerability and cruelty to an extent that you might question that whether Emily Brontë’s had she been alive would have accepted this kind naked and crude love. If the intent of the filmmaker was to make Wuthering Heights into an erotica, that too could have been done in a tasteful way because unlike pornography, erotica is more real. It’s more in the zone of lovemaking. It’s not trashy and it’s respectful. Porn has a lot of pain and a lot of disrespect inflicted. As you keep watching the film, you will realise that
Wuthering Heights is one step ahead of erotica in the way they dehumanise love.
Few things that I liked about the film are the different layers to the characters and the vulnerabilities shown which is very real and you cannot deny that Wuthering Heights is a visual beauty. The look of the film, the impeccable costumes and the gorgeous lead actors are a treat to the eyes. The child versions of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff also gives a strong foundation.
Rating: 2 and half (out of 5)
WATCH the trailer of Wuthering Heights here:
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