A lot of fun.

A Brilliant Conflict

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Unlike other adaptations that focus solely on the Victorian era, this gives a more modern twist on the classic tale of Jane Eyre. I feel like this is exactly what I saw in my head as I read the novel. Mia Wasikowska's performance is superb, she embodies all of the characteristics I associate with Jane. The fire scene (my favourite in the novel) between her and Michael Fassbender is captivating and real. The gothic element of the novel is also widely explored and showcased especially in this adaptation which I love because it's such a huge theme of the novel, which isn't as explored as much in the other films where they usually focus on the Romance theme. Love love love

I really thought that this version is gonna be better... But only the visual effects were better. Performance worse than in 2006th movie of BBC. Many details are gone. But the difference of age were noticeable, really, as it has to be.

After a woman with a tortured childhood but with exquisite education finds work as a governess for a young French girl, she meets the master of the mansion where she was supposed to live, a man with a troubled past of his own. Although from opposite social positions, a bond begins to form between the two but their respective pasts are about to play a decisive role in their near future.It's a dramatic story which shows two apparently different people whose destinies collide for the good or the worst. The story is fascinating, although slow paced, being presented in a series of intertwined sequences from the past, present of future, drawing you into its old world, with magnificent scenery, making you care about the characters.The actors' performance is also noticeable, excellent I must say, making their characters credible. The only drawbacks are represented by the slow course of actions and some questionable decisions made by the main characters, but they are not significant enough to spoil the overall impression left by this movie.

Imagine a story where a young lady, fresh out of school, having endured a terrible childhood; experiences true love for the first time. Then, not only will you see her conquer her past by forgiving her enemies, but also be strong enough to walk away from her love; soul mate and equal and still remain true to her character. Despite her poverty, she is benevolent. She is not bitter nor an atheist; she has faith in God and believes He has a plan for her. She is willing to endure her hardships with a thankful heart, and in the end, she is given a family with the man she loves and who love her in return. This is the story of Jane Eyre.Now this is the movie, which I am convinced, just coincidentally had the same name. The story is about a young girl, abused as a child and unable to get past it, is sexually uninformed about herself and is afraid of never seeing the world or being able to talk to a man. Being so naïve and weak, she takes up a job as a governess only to fall victim to her employer's advances. This mister Rochester, whom has taken an unhealthy interest in her body, toys with her emotions and breaks her down to the point where she sees herself in love with him. After she discovers he is already married to a lady he drove to madness, she tries to break free and run away, only to find herself walking back to him a few years later and you yourself are uncertain if this reunion was a happy ending or a tragedy. Not once is God mentioned in the film and the whole thing was like a pointless experience where the message was, 'your childhood was bad, so your whole life will be bad.'Oh my gosh, what is this crap? The whole film had this Goth look the director was going for. Even the characters lost their sense of humanity just so they can fit into this atmosphere. There was no growth of relationship or character, in fact the beautiful love story of two equals; Edward and Jane, was turned into this unrealistic tale where Edward just wants Jane as his 'next edition'. At one point even, get this; he puts his hands aggressively around Jane's neck because she wanted to leave. Mr. Rochester 'chokes' Jane; that should never have been a sentence! And lets not forget the scene where he flashed her; something that's 'also' not in the book.I'm not even going to consider this as an adaptation it was just disgusting. It was so off and sexually hyped; and to my abhorrence even riddled with perverted undertones that were placed there by the director himself; it sounds strange but here's one example. At the beginning Jane finds herself wandering the moor as an amnesiac until she is taken in by a kind family who wishes to help her. While staying with them, she regains her memories and you see her drawing pictures of two key points in her life; the first being her life at school which was hard and cold and the only good thing about it was her only friend, a girl named Helen Burns whom you see Jane drawing. What disturbs me about this is that in that same scene, you also see her drawing a picture of a man who I think was Mister Rochester, her love interest in the story. I'm confused as to why she would draw an old childhood friend alongside a man she thinks she loves as if she was comparing the two and pinning for the other. I found all her scenes with Helen even, to have a weird almost sexual feel, which both shocked and disturbed me, because I never got that with the other adaptations of Jane Eyre. I got this sense that the director was saying Jane was having regrets from her relationship with Edward and was contemplating the 'other' option. Not only that, but I felt that all the scenes that featured little girls; portrayed them in a way which made me want to barf. Not only did the young girls in the film share uncanny similarities in facial appearance as if purposely selected that way out of 'preference' but the shots the director choose to show them in, seemed wrong; like why would I see child Jane getting her dress removed? Or Adele pretending to bite Jane's neck and later sitting like a pet next to Mr. Rochester? It just felt sick.Well whatever this horrible atrocity was at least it's not Jane Eyre and even as its own movie, it was vacant. It was just this cinematic display of hopelessness, there was nothing redeemable about this film. The only thing about it that I liked was that I can watch the 2006 adaptation after it ends. Seeing Ruth and Toby kiss lovingly on screen as Jane and Edward, is the only thing I'm looking forward to right now.My rating. -5 out of 10. I came to watch a good film and honestly feel so attacked right now.