Title: Remarkably spiritless.....
Product review: ....adaption of Bronté's book, due to muddy direction and unengaging performances by Hurt and Gainsborough.Gainsborough wanders through the film with the dazed look of a lost (or drugged?) lamb, while Hurt is appallingly miscast, playing Rochester as a passionless, anemic milquetoast. At times both actors appeared to be suffering from an advanced case of ennui, which in turn put ME to sleep while watching.As for their lack of romantic chemistry, suffice it to say that these two couldn't start an onscreen fire if she were gasoline and he a lighted match.All of Zefferelli's beautiful photography and sets can't disguise the fact that this project is the movie equivalent of a "lemon."If you want to see the definitive visual version of "Jane Eyre", check out the BBC's excellent production starring Timothy Dalton and Zelah Clarke.
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