Jane Eyre


Jane Eyre
The umpteenth film version of Bronte's classic novel has a younger cast, hoping for a younger audience. In essence a tale of 'forbidden' love and passion between a young woman and her older boss, the action plays out on a remote windswept estate. Through flashbacks we learn of the woman's past and how she came to be where she is, and slowly the dark secret her boss is hiding is revealed.

118 minutes.
Mature Accompaniment under 10.
Drama, Period piece, Romance, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast
Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Judi Dench, Sally Hawkins, Jamie Bell, Preya Parks, Amelia Clarkson
Director
Cary Fukunaga
ScreenplayMoira Buffini, from the novel by Charlotte Brontë
MusicDario Marianelli
CinematographyAdriano Goldman
EditingMelanie Oliver
Sound formatsDolby Digital, DTS
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2011
Produced byBBC Films, Focus Features, Ruby Films

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreDrama
LanguageMild
NudityNone (except in a painting)
SexNone
ViolenceMild
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNOne
Drug abuseNone
CommentsClosely based on Jane Eyre, the classic novel by Charlotte Bronte. Some strongish adult themes.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
3
Violence
3
Blood / Gore / Gross
3
Guns / Weapons
3
Profanity
0
Alcohol / Drugs
3
Smoking
3
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
4
Imitative Behaviour
3
Frightening / Tense Scenes
3
Jump Scenes
3
Tense Family Scenes
4
Music (Scary/Tense)
3
Music (Inappropriate)
0
Topics to talk about
4


Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Kavish Chetty quote iconPeculiar pleasures of Victorian romance
15
Die Burger
Mariana Malan quote iconJane se verhaal bekoor wéeacute;r
15
24.com
Inge van Eetveldt
15
Box Office
John P. McCarthy quote iconCary Joji Fukunaga's romantic thriller Jane Eyre is to 19th-century literature what Black Swan is to ballet: a thoroughly cinematic, occasionally exhilarating reimagining of a repertoire standard.
13
Chicago Sunday Times
Roger Ebert
18
eye Weekly
Kate Carraway quote iconWasikowska and Fassbender play it from different sides, she with a consuming restraint, and he with...the opposite. Their tonal differences amount to a perfectly realized chemistry, rendering one of the most tragic literary love stories indelible and, though appropriately chaste, viscerally hot.
15
ReelViews
James Berardinelli quote iconJane Eyre is good enough to provide lovers of classic literature with a reason to venture to theaters without being subjected to a salacious or demeaning adaptation. However, the film's stately approach, even with its horror overtones, is unlikely to win new converts to the Jane Eyre fan club, and there is nothing so definitive about the production that it will dissuade future filmmakers from bringing their interpretations to the screen.
15
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers quote iconWasikowska and Fassbender make a pair of ravishing romantics, giving the movie unexpected sizzle. Repressed sexuality will do it every time.
15
ScreenIt
T. Durgin quote iconThe new adaptation of Jane Eyre feels more like a class assignment than a movie.
11
Metacritic.com
34 critics
15
Rottentomatoes critics
102 critics
15
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconCary Fukunaga directs a fiery and elegant adaptation, while Mia Wasikowska delivers possibly the best portrayal of the title character ever.
16

What the People say

Internet
1484 Netizens quote iconRun, don't Walk to your local theatre
16

Average .. 75%

15

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