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WUTHERING HEIGHTS MOVIE REVIEW
There have been a LOT of film and tv adaptations of Wuthering Heights, author Emily Bronte’s single novel from 1847. It’s been translated into different languages, different settings, times, and genres. Like a lot of romantic dramas, the love story is deeply problematic in the sense that these are two very toxic people who are literally so insane for each other that they don’t care who gets hurt along the way. Director Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman, Saltburn) has tried to emphasize that this is her own very different interpretation of the book by enclosing the title in the marketing with quotation marks. While it’s time and location remain intact, the film seeks a balance between acknowledging how truly terrible these two lovers are and by sexing it up a lot, even while using visual metaphors to project the sexuality as grotesquerie. So, Chris, Kate, Sarah, and Wright certainly agree in their review that this is not going to be for everyone (although you folks complaining that it’s different from the novel…I mean seriously, see one of the other million adaptations then). The story follows Cathy (Margot Robbie) and Heathcliff (Jacob Elordi) initially as children, as Cathy’s father takes in the mistreated Heathcliff. As adults as they both desperately want to f**k and yet seemingly cannot be together. Cathy’s family fortune is dwindling thanks to the carousing and gambling ways of her father and Heathcliff is a poor servant with no prospects. When a stupidly rich guy named Edgar (Shazad Latif) builds a startling manor of excess nearby and takes an interest in Cathy, well, she’s trapped between her love for HC and her love of being super-comfortable because she is a spoiled brat of a person. Heathcliff overhears part of a conversation and it causes him to take flight in response to the pain of losing Cathy. Eventually, Cathy gives in to the marriage proposals of Edgar and despite some melancholy, she is prepared to live her life in comfort. But then…Heathcliff returns. Now wealthy and somehow even more handsome, he plots to regain Cathy. Suffice it to say, this is not a story with a happy ending, but few romantic dramas end with joy. Check out our review as we dive into the strange world Fennell has created for these two classic moon-eyed douchebags to live in.
DIRECTED BY: Emerald Fennell
STARRING: Margot Robbie, Charlotte Mellington, Jacob Elordi, Owen Cooper, Hong Chau, Vy Nguyen, Shazad Latif, Alison Oliver, Martin Clunes, Ewan Mitchell
YOUR REVIEWERS
Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, Deliberations of Doom)
Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas in 1992 where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar and theater management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this community of critics. While Brian eventually followed his heart to a new family, Chris continues on with a cast of colorful folks from all over the country (and a few others).
Wright Sulek (The Other Boss, Trash in the Can, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, One Man’s Trash, Screener Squad)
Wright hails from the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas. His passion for filmmaking brought him to Austin to study and make movies. Since then he’s had his hand in acting, writing, and directing his own short films with numerous like-minded film geeks he’s met along his journey. His newest interest has brought him into the podcasting world. He co-hosted a few different movie related podcasts such as ‘And Now This’ and ‘The Match Cut’. He currently co-hosts with longtime friend, Eric Samaniego, where they talk shop about the grimiest, trashiest, lost gems of movies on their show, ‘Trash in the Can’. Wright also guests and hosts reviews on Screener Squad and Highly Suspect Reviews as well as co-hosts Digital Noise with Chris Cox. As of 2024, Wright has now been inducted into the Austin Film Critics Association as well as co-owns the One of Us network with Chris Cox.
Kate Chambers (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)
Kate is a certified horror fiend and Horse Girl™. Her name isn’t short for anything. A native Austinite, she graduated with a BFA in Film Production from the University of Colorado Boulder then returned to the Lone Star State to make her home amid the cinephiles of the Alamo Drafthouse and the Austin Film Society. In her spare time, you can find her either down at the barn with her noble steed Jazz, watching as many movies as possible (often at work), cuddling with her pair of black cats and writing horror scripts, or nursing a beer in any available body of water… or doing Duolingo, where she’s currently on a 1000+ day streak.
Sarah Jane (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)
Sarah Jane was born and raised in Southern California but currently calls Austin, TX her home. She’s seen over 5,700 movies so far with zero plans on stopping. She has a penchant for all things exploitation, and she loves Godzilla with all her heart. Her favorite films are Deep Red, Le Samourai, and Miller’s Crossing. When she isn’t watching movies, she’s busy herding her four cats, her husband, and her 11-year-old kiddo. She’s been a contributor to TalkFilmSociety, Daily Grindhouse, FThisMovie!, Looper, and the Austin Chronicle. You can find her on Twitter and Letterboxd at @fookthis.
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