Title: A Disappointing "Jane Eyre"
Product review: True to the Miramax tradition the only thing this version of Jane Eyre has in common with the book are the names of the caracters. The acting was wooden and uninspired, there was no chemistry between this Jane and Mr.Rochester and the story was changed so much, even Charlotte Brontee would not recognize it. The Ciaran Hinds/ Samantha Morton version was much better. Ciaran Hinds certainly has the "dark brooding" looks of the original Mr. Rochester, and when he asks Jane if she finds him handsome, she could be truthful when she said no. This version showed some of the passion and the agony that both feel. It is beond me to understand why directors spend millions to make a movie from a book, only to butcher the story beyond recognition. The classics have endured because of the ability authors like Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontee and Charles Dickens have to bring people to life. The William Hurt version has succeded to reduce the caracters to become onedimentional.
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