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A movie that takes liberties with 'Wuthering Heights'? Scholars are OK with that
Emerald Fennell’s film led the North American box office with over $34 million despite criticism for casting and narrative changes that diverge from Emily Brontë’s novel.
- Lucasta Miller, a British author and expert on the Brontë sisters, accepts the liberties taken by Emerald Fennell in the new Wuthering Heights film and compares it to grand operas that alter the plot.
- Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights led the North American box office with over $34 million despite mostly negative reviews critiquing its casting choices and style.
- Scholars note that faithful adaptation of the 1847 novel is difficult due to its length and complexity, leading filmmakers like Fennell to focus on selective parts for dramatic clarity.
- Critics describe the movie as stylized, surreal, and departing significantly from the book, inspired partly by Fennell's teenage response to the novel, yet still entertaining.
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