Wuthering Heights fans break down in tears over heart-wrenching film’s sad storyline as stunned viewers say they ‘cried their eyes out’
Emerald Fennell’s hotly-anticipated reinvention of Wuthering Heights has finally hit cinemas.
And film fans are already hailing the sweeping period drama as the ‘movie of the year’, as they took to social media to share their thoughts on the moving plot, admitting they ‘cried their eyes out’.
The latest big-screen take on Emily Brontë’s 1847 classic opened in cinemas yesterday, with Margot Robbie, 35, and Jacob Elordi, 28, starring as doomed lovers Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff.
Set against the wild Yorkshire moors, the passionate love story explores the intense and destructive relationship between the iconic pair.
The Daily Mail won’t spoil the ending – but given the novel has been studied in schools for generations and adapted countless times, viewers probably know what they’re in for.
Still, that didn’t stop audiences flocking to social media after the final credits rolled, with many admitting they ‘did not expect to love’ the film and were left ‘crying their eyes out’.
Emerald Fennell’s hotly-anticipated reinvention of Wuthering Heights has finally hit cinemas
And film fans are already hailing the sweeping period drama as the ‘movie of the year’, as they took to social media to share their thoughts on the moving plot, admitting they ‘cried their eyes out’
Some even confessed that the movie inspired them to finally finish reading the famous novel.
One fan gushed: ‘Wuthering Heights, movie of the year.’; ‘I did not expect to love the movie. I enjoyed that… I cried my eyes out.’;
‘And so what if I sobbed for the last 20 minutes of wuthering heights.’; ‘idc wut anyone says, but I loved wuthering heights badddddd’
‘I just watched Wuthering Heights. I think the movie is like one big fanfic, and honestly, I loved it.’
‘Wuthering Heights was so incredible om**. I just saw it this afternoon and it seriously convinced me to FINALLY finish reading the book. If the movie made me this emotional, I can only imagine how much of a mess I’m gonna be after reading it.’
Speaking before the release, director Emerald Fennell, 40, revealed she was actively hoping audiences would have such an intense reaction.
She told Time Out: ‘I want lots of snogging [in the cinema]. I think whatever you can get away with – sorry, Cineworld. There will be some of that, there will also be a lot of people having to be carried out because they’re crying so much.
‘I really love seeing movies where people have a visceral experience. I think screaming and laughing and crying and gasping, we want a connected experience.’
The latest big-screen take on Emily Brontë’s 1847 classic opened in cinemas yesterday, with Margot Robbie, 35, and Jacob Elordi, 28, starring as doomed lovers Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff
Set against the wild Yorkshire moors, the passionate love story explores the intense and destructive relationship between the iconic pair
The Daily Mail won’t spoil the ending – but given the novel has been studied in schools for generations and adapted countless times, viewers probably know what they’re in for
Still, that didn’t stop audiences flocking to social media after the final credits rolled, with many admitting they ‘did not expect to love’ the film and were left ‘crying their eyes out’
However, the Oscar-winning filmmaker, who took home the Academy Award for Promising Young Woman, has warned fans her version is a loose, eroticised interpretation that ‘files the novel down to its pretty and sexy bits.’
It comes after Margot revealed she wasn’t originally meant to star as the lead in the film and was forced to undergo dialect coaching due to her ‘awful’ accent at the beginning of her career.
The Australian actress opened up while appearing on The Graham Norton Show earlier this month.
She explained: ‘I wasn’t always going to be in it. I was thrilled to be the producer, but at some point, we were talking about Cathy, and I decided to throw my hat into the ring.
‘I’ve always wanted to be one of Emerald’s actors, and fortunately, she felt the same way. It worked out wonderfully.’
Margot also recalled being told early in her career that her Queensland accent was ‘too Australian’ for television.
During the show, Amanda Seyfried was asked about her Manchester accent for The Testament of Ann Lee, to which she said: ‘Boy, it was tough.’
Margot then interjected: ‘When I started on TV, I had to have a dialect coach because I come from Queensland and I was thought too Australian for Neighbours!
She continued: ‘I couldn’t hear, I had a bad accent, but they said, “You are just awful to listen to!”‘
Margot was joined on the sofa by her Wuthering Heights co-star Jacob, who previously worked with Emerald on Saltburn.
Explaining the premise of their new movie, Margot added: ‘Emerald loves the book, and she really focused on the feeling it gave her when she first read it at 14.
‘She channels that raw emotional experience so it’s an interpretation rather than an adaptation. In my opinion, it is one of the greatest love stories of all time and it has a great cast and incredible actors. It’s a great film.’
