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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

Credits

Cast

Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Judi Dench, Sally Hawkins, Jamie Bell, Preya Parks, Amelia Clarkson

Director

Cary Fukunaga

Screenplay

Moira Buffini, from the novel by Charlotte Brontë

Music

Dario Marianelli

Cinematography

Adriano Goldman

Editing

Melanie Oliver

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, DTS

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2011

Produced by

BBC Films, Focus Features, Ruby Films

SA Distributor

Ster-Kinekor

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	Mild
Nudity	None (except in a painting)
Sex	None
Violence	Mild
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	NOne
Drug abuse	None
Comments	Closely 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.

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International Media

Box Office (USA)John P. McCarthy Cary 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.

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert

eye Weekly (Canada)Kate Carraway Wasikowska 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.

ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli

Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers Wasikowska and Fassbender make a pair of ravishing romantics, giving the movie unexpected sizzle. Repressed sexuality will do it every time.

ScreenIt (USA)T. Durgin The new adaptation of Jane Eyre feels more like a class assignment than a movie.

Metacritic.com34 critics

RottenTomatoes.com102 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Cary Fukunaga directs a fiery and elegant adaptation, while Mia Wasikowska delivers possibly the best portrayal of the title character ever.

Internet (IMDB)1484 Netizens Run, don't Walk to your local theatre

Average .. 75%

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