A 'Wuthering' with no 'Heights'

Wuthering Heights is a disgusting film, but is it a love story?

Wuthering Heights is a story that has been told and retold, adapted and reinterpreted so many times since publication in 1847. Every generation seems to rediscover Emily Brontë’s ever-enduring novel, and every generation seems convinced it finally understands it. Now, it’s British filmmaker Emerald Fennell’s turn. And once again, we’re left asking: is this a love story, a ghost story, a story of obsession, or something stranger that refuses to s…

A 'Wuthering' with no 'Heights'

Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights (2026) is more of its own thing than an adaptation of Emily Brontë's 1847 novel. Visually spectacular with a clear, visionary direction, it captures only a fragment of its source material — borrowing the character names, settings and a plot point from the book that serves more as a complement to Brontë's classic rather than a whole recreation.

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