Title: The worst version extant.
Product review: I read Jane Eyre for the first time at the age of 15. Over the years I have eagerly watched every filmed version as they appeared. I previously thought the Orson Welles version was the worst, but I changed my mind once I saw this. The BEST film of Jane Eyre is the Susannah York/George C. Scott version, done in the early 1970's for Hallmark Hall of Fame. Wonderful in every way!! Unfortunately, not available yet on video. AVOID this version from A&E, it is truly terrible. Ciaran Hinds plays Mr. Rochester as a loud, bullying, scenery-chewing lout, and I have seldom seen a shallower, more pallid performance as Jane. Skip this movie and re-read the novel!
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