Best movie ever!

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

I actually came across this version, by mistake, a lucky mistake! I grew up in the 70's watching the yearly airing of the 1939 version w/ Mom on a Sunday afternoon. (She's gone now, great memories!). I knew of no other version, then I saw the 70's Dalton version & was upset w/ the "butchery" of it, (until my aunt told me that the "butchered" one was the '39 version)! I still don't like the Dalton version, to me, he & Marshall lacked the appeal that Oberon & Oliver had. Then I saw the '92 Fiennes version & loved it, it's the 1st time I saw the entire "book version". Recently, I came across two, 2011 remakes, 1 w/Howson, & 1 w/Rosmer. The Howson version I thought was like Romeo & Juliette, w/DiCaprio, (which I hated, So I didn't bother w/it,). Today it was on TV, I only saw the last 1/2, aside of his killing rabbits,(again and again!) & the characters looking like they need baths, it was OK, 5/6 stars. DVR's set for next week, I'll decide than. Anyway, Amazon Prime, had a PBS/Rosmer version, watched it & loved it! Unlike the '70 & '92 versions both 2011 remakes had attractive actors playing the characters, (Lol, I think that helps getting into the romance of the story instead of unattractive ones that make me cringe when the kiss!) I.M.O. the PBS/Rosmer version topped the Fiennes version! Enjoy!

I can see why some fans of the book did not enjoy this adaptation - it does contain some changes, but I still thout that it captured the story in the main very well (and stayed faithful to the spirit of the book, if not the letter).Tom Hardy was excellent as Heathcliff – it was easy to see how someone could fall in love with him as a young man, before loss and ill-treatment by other members of the family caused him to turn bitter and angry. He was charming and likable, but he was also entirely believable as an older Heathcliff, determined to make Cathy's family suffer for the misery they had visited upon him.Charlotte Riley was lovely as Cathy – a beautiful young girl with a promising future, but who seemed destined for one path in life despite wanting to choose another. The chemistry between the two main characters was easy to see (and it's no surprise to learn that after meeting on this production, they became a couple in real life).Support was provided by Sarah Lancashire, who was excellent as Nelly, Cathy's maid (and subsequently the maid to Cathy's daughter Catherine). Lancashire is a really amazing actress, who always brings her roles to life, and she made a big impact in this show. Additionally, Andrew Lincoln plays Edgar, who becomes Cathy's husband, but never the true love of her life. He is an actor who I sometimes find quite wooden, but he was very good here. Burn Gorman played Hindley, the brother of Cathy who always resented Heathcliff's intrusion in their lives, and he was superb. He totally encapsulated the cruel and spiteful nature of the character, and made me dislike him intensely.The whole production is very atmospheric – which I think is very important in any telling of this tale – and the Yorkshire moors where the story is set is portrayed beautifully. There is plenty of emotion – love, happiness, anger, shock, grief – and it all makes for a very moving and enjoyable production. And it made me cry!If you're a fan of the book (or even if you're not), and haven't seen this yet, I highly recommend that you watch it.

Do not waste your time with this adaptation of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. I believe the author would most vehemently reject this adaptation as well. It is not true to the book and the screen writer took liberties with the story. It destroys the essence of the story. It begins more in the middle of the book and the characters are shallow. It's a confusing story as it jumps around and focuses on Heathcliff and Cathy characters which are unrecognizable from the characters in the novel. I am amazed when I read praises for this shallow, and cartoonish adaptation. If you want to see a good true to the story of Wuthering Heights - rent the 1998 Masterpiece Theatre with Matthew macfadyen as Hareton.Robert Cavanah and Orla Brady. That version is loyal to the book.

I've seen the '39, '92 and another TV series of Wuthering Heights. Each has it's qualities and flaws. When I watched the 2009 version for the first time, I was very pleasantly surprised that it was a very modern take on the situation between the characters. Heathcliff and Cathy were childhood sweethearts, with all that it entails, sex too. The relationship between Hetahcliff and Isabella Linton is also well pictured, even though the idea that Heathcliff tried to love Isabella (as he says) is really not at all in the book, nor characteristic of Heathcliff. Cathy is a very modern woman, who marries a man for his money and the comfort that it brings (at least that's the message I got, I never saw Cathy's love for Edgar), but loves and above all, desires, the rough, tough and wild bad boy Heathcliff. Actyually, Heathcliff is the one here that won't sleep with her later on, because she's married and she has slept with Edgar, thus betraying him. In the end, the story depicted becomes much too modern for my taste...it's going too far away from the book. Everything is too simple and superficial, the story is about a woman that made a bad choice and married the wrong man, and dies of heartbreak because of this, leaving the 2 guys to mourn for her. Heathcliff is upset of her betrayal and punishes her in his way, while also taking revenge on those that wronged him, but his character is a lamb compared to the devil Heathcliff is in the book. Cathy is also very different from the book, where she was strong, almost a tyrant with Heathcliff and Edgar, feared and loved. Here she's a teenage girl who doesn't know exactly what to do, is prone to her emotions, and at the mercy of Heathcliff and his whims. The series itself is not bad at all, acting, scenery, directing, and music are very good...but it's not a faithful adaptation of Wuthering Heights, more of a a "based on" thing. It's a "what if" kind of story (what if Heathcliff was in fact not that bad? what if Cathy was not that strong?). Kind of a good fan fiction... So, interesting to watch, probably won't be liked by the fans of the book.