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Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

Drama · Romance · 2011

Yorkshire moorlands, northern England, in the late 18th century. Young Heathcliff, rescued from the streets of Liverpool by Mr. Earnshaw, the owner of Wuthering Heights, an isolated farm, develops over the years an insane passion for Cathy, his foster sister, a sick obsession destined to end tragically.

Movie details

Wuthering Heights

“Love is a force of nature”

2011 Drama · Romance 2h 4m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.0 / 10

11.2K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

70 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

70 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

5.9 / 10

Community rating

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Yorkshire moorlands, northern England, in the late 18th century. Young Heathcliff, rescued from the streets of Liverpool by Mr. Earnshaw, the owner of Wuthering Heights, an isolated farm, develops over the years an insane passion for Cathy, his foster sister, a sick obsession destined to end tragically.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Wuthering Heights?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Andrea Arnold

Written by

Olivia Hetreed · Andrea Arnold

Kaya Scodelario

Kaya Scodelario

Older Cathy

James Howson

James Howson

Older Heathcliff

Solomon Glave

Solomon Glave

Young Heathcliff

Shannon Beer

Shannon Beer

Young Cathy

Steve Evets

Steve Evets

Joseph

Oliver Milburn

Oliver Milburn

Mr. Linton

S

Simone Jackson

Nelly

Court is in session

Put Wuthering Heights on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.