Casting Hollywood’s hottest properties, Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, as her leads, writer/director Fennell presents us with a version that’s unapologetically her own vision, lopping off the second half of the story and sexing things up to the max.
This connection is severed, apparently for good, when the adult Cathy (now played by Robbie) opts to marry the Earnshaws' affluent new neighbour Edgar Linton (Shazad Latif), to rescue the family from financial ruin. In response, a heartbroken, shaggy locked Heathcliff (Elordi) runs away.
Cathy is bereft, but slowly finds happiness in her new situation as her adoring husband and his sweet but somewhat stalker-esque sister Isabella (Alison Oliver) shower her with gifts and affection. When Heathcliff returns five years later as a suave, absurdly sexy and mysteriously moneyed gentleman, sporting a haircut, earring and a tan, Cathy just can’t help herself.
These changes to the character of Nelly and the suggestion that her background has dictated her ignominious fate go some way to allaying concerns about the whitewashing of Heathcliff’s own character. Described as a “gipsy” amongst other possible ethnicities in the novel, Heathcliff’s ambiguous racial identity undoubtedly plays a part in his mistreatment and romantic rejection.
Such lapses of judgement and inconsistencies aside, Fennell’s Wuthering Heights boasts an outrageous, often irresistible sense of fun. Charli xcx soars on the soundtrack and there’s Saltburn-esque parody of upper-class twits in its portrayal of the Lintons (Oliver in particular is a hoot).
View Green Video on the source websiteBut the sincerity with which the love story is told and performed speaks volumes about Fennell’s own affection for the material. It’s a retelling that captures the depth, passion and destructiveness of Heathcliff and Cathy’s bond and that really stirs things up on screen, while Robbie and Elordi are superbly matched.
On one hand the cinematic equivalent of ‘go big or go home’, on the other an emotionally impactful adaptation for the ages, Wuthering Heights is wonderfully flamboyant filmmaking, that will almost certainly provoke pearl-clutching amongst the purists.
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