Wuthering Heights Reviews

There is a gap in your life...this movie will fill it

This is my favourite story. It takes the strongest emotions we have beyond the norm, beyond the grave. I love this particular version as it is so innocent and pure, yet all the time, envy and hate are just around the corner. It's a shame they only managed to include half the book but the strength of the acting from the two central stars more than makes up for it. I struggle to watch the other versions because of this. Merle Oberon is beautiful and has the most expressive eyes I have seen. She swings from the two extremes of her character: the desire to be wild and free with the love of her life to the vanity of wearing silk dresses and need of acceptance into society, in a moment. Laurence Olivier is tall, moody and very sexy and deftly shows how rejection and the need for revenge can take over a person making them blind to the truth.

Watch this film with a duvet, lots of chocolate and a box of tissues. You will be enchanted by it and it will touch your heart forever.

Trivia Time: Merle apparently had the time the movie was set in changed to fit with the dresses she wanted to wear.

Dark

I watched this with my 11 year old daughter and we both felt it was a very dark version of the story which is dark in itself in any case.

Unremitting gloom in the dark landscapes and interiors, altogether miserable.

Good version to watch if studying it for A level, but other than that not one for high entertainment value if looking for something a little lighter.

A Hammy old Classic

While this film doesn't exactly include all the brutal aspects of Bronte's novel, Olivier makes a great Heathcliff and Oberon, an interesting Catherine, (I'll bet Vivienne Leigh would have done a better job though). The acting is pure ham and over the top and Catherine's dying scene sort of borders on the ridiculous but it's still worth watching for a very young David Niven, and Olivier's dark and brooding Heathcliff. Sure to be enjoyed by anyone who loves the old classics.

Still worth seeing

Hardly dates at all: 1930s Hollywood at its best, and infinitely superior to the 1970 or 1992 remakes.

You Know; Classic films were just as bad as some of todays tripe

How what was considered to be the cream of british stage and film actors could be involved in such a poor interpretation of emily brontes work is shameful

True Classic

What a true classic this is indeed. I always seem to enjoy it even though I have seen it numerous times before. Timeless and inoffensive...great movie.

Fabby fab

A very good movie,one of a kind.

[Highly rated reviewer]

amazing

amazing beautiful captivating sensual haunting just some of the words taht came to mind while watching this masterpiece reccomended to everyone who loves a tragic romance laurence olivier is perfect as the the tall dark brooding Heathcliff while Merle oberon is also excellent as the flighty cathy from start to end a rollercoaster ride well worth watching

Poor edition

This is a very old version of a great tale. Hence it is dated and therefore slow.

Fab

Really enjoyed this movie from start to finish. It is a true classic and I remember watching it as a young girl. What a beautiful romance