Mia Wasikowska,
Michael Fassbender,
Jamie Bell,
Judi Dench,
Holliday Grainger
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Raised by her aunt Sarah (Sally Hawkins) after her parents die of typhus, young Jane Eyre (Amelia Clarkson) is later shipped off to a stark boarding school as the result of her perceived insolence, an... read more
Directed by: Cary Fukunaga
Release Date: March 11, 2011
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Jane Eyre
DVD Release Date: August 16, 2011
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April 24, 2012fb732260458Yes, this film is gorgeously shot. Yes, it features stellar performances from the leads. Yes, one of the leads is indeed the unstoppable Mr. Fassbender. And finally, yes - Jane Eyre is as faithful of an adaptation of the classic Charlotte Bronte novel as you could possibly expect... read more
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March 24, 2012Letâ(TM)s start out with the most noticeable quality of JANE EYRE. Itâ(TM)s not quite vividly colorful, but especially for a period piece, the visual aspect is very well-done. Whenever filmmakers create a period piece, one of the most paramount points to work on is the coloration... read more
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February 12, 2012A pitch perfect rendering of the Charlotte Bronte classic. "Jane Eyre" works on every level; from it's stellar period design to it's gothic look and tone, but it's the terrific scenes between Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender that really make the film. The characters could ha... read more
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January 30, 2012wonderfully shot, very well acted, but only semi engaging portrayal of one of the most well beloved novels of all time. really in the end it was a bit stoic, but many of the scenes were staged well enough to still keep me going and the dialogue at points was very well written. ... read more
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December 19, 2011fb100000059176003Garnered by a spirited adaptation of the Charlotte Brontë novel by Cary Joji Fukunaga and a riveting performance by the young Mia Wasikowska, this Jane Erye delivered were other adaptations failed to do, the picturesque persona of the protagonist. Stripped all of the romance and... read more
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November 16, 2011I liked this adaptation but I didn't find it better than other adaptations for some reason. The cinematography is very good and the acting is not bad but I just didn't see the chemistry between the leads. I think Wasikowska was missing passion from her role.
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October 18, 2011I wasn't really interested in seeing this movie, but I'm not sorry I did. It's a costume drama without all the unnecessary theatricality.
It was very balanced and modest which made the characters and they're affections stand out.
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October 9, 2011Sorry, Tom Hardy, you've been knocked from the top of the modern-hottie-plays-brooding-Bronte-heroine heap. Fassbender, you may brood in my presence anytime.
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October 8, 2011fb1341085175This is an exquisetly produced adaptation, but it doesn't add anything new to the gothic romance genre. Besides the presence of Michael Fassbender and Judi Dench to shine some light into the proceedings, the whole thing is as cold and distant as Mia Wasikoska's gaze. The real dra... read more
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September 27, 2011Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Judi Dench, Jamie Bell, Imogen Poots, Sally Hawkins, Amelia Clarkson, Romy Settbon Moore, Tamzin Merchant, Holliday Grainger, Freya Wilson
Director: Cary Fukunaga
Summary: Driven from her post at Thornfield House by her love for h... read more
Critic Reviews
December 13, 2011
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
April 1, 2011
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
If the motion-picture industry had existed in 1847, the year Charlotte Brontë's novel appeared, it might have produced an adaptation much like this one. Full Review
April 1, 2011
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Pretty as a postcard, it's also a calling card picture and one that reminds us that women other than Jane Austen wrote timeless, rich tales of romance in an age when women were little more than property. Full Review
March 25, 2011
Tom Long, Detroit News
Somehow Wasikowska makes it all seem much more personal, more real. With her stark, starched dresses and blunt, elastic face, she draws you in, making both Jane's pain and incredible resolve tangible. Full Review
March 24, 2011
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
There is not a drab image or a middling performance in the piece. The freewheeling adaptation drops needless scenes and spurs the story ahead with galloping momentum. Full Review
March 24, 2011
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
By opening their movie with the mature Jane, the filmmakers forge an emotional bond between her and the audience. Full Review
March 24, 2011
Karen D'Souza, San Jose Mercury News
True aficionados will doubtless wish the film etched every aspect of the Brontë experience but that's a quibble in light of the movie's intoxicating charms. It's impossible not to fall in love with th... Full Review
March 18, 2011
Ella Taylor, NPR
Cary Fukunaga's feverishly soulful remake of the multiply remade Jane Eyre rises to most challenges -- not the least of which is making Mia Wasikowska, a golden child of current cinema, look homely. Full Review
March 18, 2011
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
While qualifying as the most gorgeously appointed and finely detailed version of the novel so far, still lacks the element of essential fire to make it come fully, even subversively, to life. Full Review
March 18, 2011
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Anyone who savours shades of grey will have a feast. Full Review
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