
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre (Mia Wasikowska) goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Edward Rochester (Michael Fassbender). Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?... (Full plot summary below)
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After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre (Mia Wasikowska) goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Edward Rochester (Michael Fassbender). Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
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| New YorkerDavid DenbyThis remake hits the jackpot with Wasikowska (pronounced VashiKOVska) and, not far behind, Fassbender. |
| CineVueLucy PopescuDespite being only 21, Wasikowska displays a remarkable maturity as an actress and effortlessly inhabits her character... Jane's beauty comes from within and Wasikowska allows it to creep up on you. |
| ViewLondonMatthew TurnerImpressively directed, beautifully shot and superbly written, this is a hugely enjoyable, achingly romantic period drama with terrific performances from Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender. |
| Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)John WirtBeyond being a great new interpretation of a classic novel, Jane Eyre is a superb second feature from Fukunaga, a director who's on track to becoming a major contemporary filmmaker. |
| Killer Movie ReviewsAndrea Chase...this is a Victorian age stripped of its romanticism. In its stead is passion |
| NPRElla TaylorCary Fukunaga's feverishly soulful remake of the multiply remade Jane Eyre rises to most challenges -- not the least of which is making Mia Wasikowska, a golden child of current cinema, look homely. |
| Boston PhoenixJeffrey GantzFukunaga does more than most to flesh out her days with Rivers and his sisters. He keeps Brontë's theme of religious repression ever present, and he still finds time to watch Jane quietly as she cuts flowers and thinks. |
| Toronto StarPeter HowellLuminous in The Kids are All Right and Alice in Wonderland, Wasikowska makes drab seem rad in director Cary Fukunaga's insightful rendering of Brontë's gothic love story, a new classic version of this oft-told tale. |
| Seattle TimesMoira MacDonaldSome of us are "Jane Eyre" addicts, and the new movie version directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga gives us just the right fix. |
| WaffleMovies.comWillie WaffleWasikowska and Fassbender deliver the fight, the dialogue and the melodramatic plot twists. |