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No version I know of has ever made Rochester as unattractive as he is described in the book. Rochester is absent a good deal of the time, although represented by the foreboding atmosphere of Thornhill, the enigmatic loyalty of Mrs. Fairfax, and the sense that something is amiss in the enormous manor.

Here Judi Dench's contribution is significant; the tone of her voice conveys so much more about Rochester than her words. Either you know the plot or not. The novel is actually about forbidden sexual attraction on both sides, and its interest is in the tension of Jane and Rochester as they desire sex but deny themselves.

Much of the power comes from repressed emotions, and perhaps Charlotte Bronte was writing in code about the feelings nice women of her time were not supposed to feel. He's a director with a sure visual sense, here expressed in voluptuous visuals and ambitious art direction. Judi Dench is firm, as a housekeeper must be firm, and observes everything, as a housekeeper must. All of the rest is decoration. Without the costumes, sets, locations, sound design and the wind and rain, gothic romance cannot exist.

Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from until his death in In , he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. Rated PG for some thematic elements including a nude image and brief violent content. Mia Wasikowska as Jane Eyre.

Valentina Cervi as Bertha. Judi Dench as Mrs. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr.

Edward Rochester Michael Fassbender. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr.

Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever? She sought refuge Rated PG for some thematic elements including a nude image and brief violent content. Did you know Edit. Trivia The location of Jane Eyre's cottage was so isolated that there was no mobile phone reception.

A member of the crew had to be stationed in a nearby phone booth with a walkie talkie in case the crew needed anything. He didn't complain, however, as the local residents brought him tea and biscuits throughout the day. Goofs The teacup that Jane is drinking out of is Belleek. Belleek porcelain was first produced in and was not widely available outside Ireland until the mids while the blue mark on Jane's cup was first used in Quotes Jane Eyre : I have lived a full life here.

User reviews Review. Top review. Visually masterful and authentic performances, a nice change for period drama. That certainly begs the question of why anyone, from writer Moira Buffini to director Cary Fukunaga to Dame Judi Dench, would feel inspired to recreate this coming-of-age story about love and accepting its blemishes.

Fukunaga's "Sin Nombre" take doesn't exactly provide an amazing revelation or epiphanic justification for bringing "Jane Eyre" back to life, but it does prove that no classic can be so overdone that it becomes untouchable; even the most tried and dated of love stories can find new life.

Fukanaga has given "Jane Eyre" a photorealistic makeover devoid of frills and fiercely au naturel, but no less gripping than the story's "livelier" retellings. Fictional period dramas often feel overtly pristine and glazed over to the point of fairytale, but in watching this film, you get the sense that this is quite possibly how the story would have looked and felt if it had been true.

All the way down to accents, this rendition has clearly labored over historical authenticity and it shows in the finished product. Mia Wasikowska "The Kids Are All Right" continues to choose spot-on independent films despite leading the billion-dollar "Alice in Wonderland" of and it continues to pay off.

She's clearly adept at embodying literary characters, or at least at recreating them within herself rather than worrying about trying to become the way the majority perceives them. Her modest looks suit Jane perfectly and she can play both the fragile girl who has been so often wronged by those who were supposed to care for her and the somewhat self-assured young woman who so plainly understands right from wrong.

Buffini "Tamara Drewe" tells "Jane Eyre" in an un-narrated flashback. The film opens with Jane dashing away from the spectre of the Thornfield estate and stumbling through the beautifully captured but cold and desolate English countryside in a state of total anguish.

She arrives at the Rivers' place where they enquire as to her identity. As the voice of Mr. Rochester Michael Fassbender beckons her, she cannot block out the memories of her journey. The film then catches up to that point in real time and continues on to the end. Other than a terrific performance from Amelia Clarkson as young Jane, the early chapters involving Lowood School seem to be of less significance in this version other than the very clear point to establish Mr. Brocklehurst as an insensitive headmaster and clearly spell out Jane's early traumas that have affected her perspective.

The love story between Jane and Mr. Rochester and the way it affects Jane takes supreme precedence in this film and with a two- hour run time, rightfully so. Nevertheless, the short beginnings prevent the film from showing the whole scope of Jane's troubled life. Fassbender and Wasikowska work terrifically and manage to communicate the class and age discrepancy that made "Jane Eyre" a juicy read back in the 19th Century.

Fassbender does seem to let Rochester's guard down quicker than expected, but I enjoyed his choice to be less standoffish and more brooding; he determines his secret to be more a responsibility of an unfortunate nature than a loathsome burden. His love for Jane then feels more sincere. An actress as magnetizing as Judi Dench choosing to play the caretaker Mrs. Fairfax sums up the humble attitude of this "Jane Eyre.

The film itself aims for subtlety and chooses not to amp up the shock value of the story's most pivotal scenes.

Rochester Michael Fassbender. In her feverish hallucinations, the first of her backstory is told. This is the orphan Jane Eyre Mia Wasikowska , rejected and tormented by her only family the Reeds, a survivor of the deadly typhus outbreak at the Lowood School for Girls, a teacher and a woman in love with and loved by the roguish, brooding, already-married-to-the-madwoman-in-the-attic Mr.

Edward Rochester. Who wears rather tight breeches — did I mention that? So, much of the film is a flashback, Jane remembering what it was that brought her to this point, running over moors and feverish and recuperating and eventually landing a teaching position at a local school.

Mia Wasikowska is one of the youngest actresses to have portrayed Jane. Jane Eyre in this version studies nude paintings by candlelight in dark hallways. This Jane Eyre bemoans aloud to Mrs. This, as his smoldering presence, is about to melt the film for the rest of us. But we let it pass, forgive, and suspend our disbelief because this film sucks you in.

The film drifts along, in all its poetic reverie. Rochester in rather tight breeches? There are two pivotal scenes that I always look for in any film adaptation of the novel. Call it something of a personal litmus test, and if these are done well, well, I am pleased:. Rochester waiting at the stile. This scene is a killer in the book.