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Jane Eyre

  • 2011
  • PG-13
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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Mia Wasikowska in Jane Eyre (2011)
A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.
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A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.

  • Director
    • Cary Joji Fukunaga
  • Writers
    • Moira Buffini
    • Charlotte Brontë
  • Stars
    • Mia Wasikowska
    • Michael Fassbender
    • Jamie Bell
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    91K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,769
    380
    • Director
      • Cary Joji Fukunaga
    • Writers
      • Moira Buffini
      • Charlotte Brontë
    • Stars
      • Mia Wasikowska
      • Michael Fassbender
      • Jamie Bell
    • 241User reviews
    • 243Critic reviews
    • 76Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 10 wins & 16 nominations total

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    Mia Wasikowska
    Mia Wasikowska
    • Jane Eyre
    Michael Fassbender
    Michael Fassbender
    • Rochester
    Jamie Bell
    Jamie Bell
    • St John Rivers
    Su Elliot
    • Hannah
    • (as Su Elliott)
    Holliday Grainger
    Holliday Grainger
    • Diana Rivers
    Tamzin Merchant
    Tamzin Merchant
    • Mary Rivers
    Amelia Clarkson
    • Young Jane
    Craig Roberts
    Craig Roberts
    • John Reed
    Sally Hawkins
    Sally Hawkins
    • Mrs. Reed
    Lizzie Hopley
    • Miss Abbot
    Jayne Wisener
    Jayne Wisener
    • Bessie
    Freya Wilson
    Freya Wilson
    • Eliza Reed
    Emily Haigh
    Emily Haigh
    • Georgiana Reed
    Simon McBurney
    Simon McBurney
    • Mr. Brocklehurst
    Sandy McDade
    Sandy McDade
    • Miss Scatcherd
    Freya Parks
    Freya Parks
    • Helen Burns
    Edwina Elek
    • Miss Temple
    Ewart James Walters
    • John
    • Director
      • Cary Joji Fukunaga
    • Writers
      • Moira Buffini
      • Charlotte Brontë
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    • Trivia
      The location of Jane Eyre's cottage was so isolated that there was no mobile phone reception. A member of the crew had to be stationed in a nearby phone booth with a walkie talkie in case the crew needed anything. He didn't complain, however, as the local residents brought him tea and biscuits throughout the day.
    • Goofs
      The teacup that Jane is drinking out of is Belleek. Belleek porcelain was first produced in 1863 and was not widely available outside Ireland until the mid-1860s while the blue mark on Jane's cup was first used in 1993.
    • Quotes

      Jane Eyre: I have lived a full life here. I have not been trampled on. I have not been petrified. I have not been excluded from every glimpse of what is bright. I have known you, Mr. Rochester, and it strikes me with anguish to be torn from you.

      Rochester: Then why must you leave?

      Jane Eyre: Because of your wife.

      Rochester: I have no wife.

      Jane Eyre: But you are to be married.

      Rochester: Jane, you must stay.

      Jane Eyre: I'm become nothing to you?...

      [near tears]

      Jane Eyre: Am I a machine with out feelings? Do you think that because I am poor, plain, obscure, and little that I am souless and heartless? I have as much soul as you and full as much heart. And if God had possessed me with beauty and wealth, I could make it as hard for you to leave me as it is for I to leave you... I'm not speaking to you through mortal flesh. It is my spirit that addresses your spirit, as if we'd have passed through the grave and stood at God's feet equal. As we are.

      Rochester: [taking her arms] As we are.

      Jane Eyre: [trying to pull away] I am a free human being with an independent will, which I now exert to leave you.

      Rochester: Than let you will decide your destiny. I offer you my hand, my heart. Jane, I ask you to pass through life at my side. You are my equal and my likeness... Will you marry me?

      Jane Eyre: Are you mocking me?

      Rochester: Do you doubt me?

      Jane Eyre: Entirely.

    • Connections
      Featured in Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #1.8 (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Flamme Vengeresse
      From Act 3 of "Le Domino Noir" (1837)

      Music by Daniel-François Auber

      Libretto by Eugène Scribe

      Performed by Romy Settbon Moore

      Arranged by Andrew McKenna

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    7/10
    Visually masterful and authentic performances, a nice change for period drama
    Charlotte Brontë's seminal literary work "Jane Eyre" has been adapted countless times and prepared in a myriad of ways from the 1943 Joan Fontaine/Orson Welles version that was whittled to an hour and a half to the 1983 BBC mini-series with Zelah Clarke and Timothy Dalton that spans five-plus hours. That certainly begs the question of why anyone, from writer Moira Buffini to director Cary Fukunaga to Dame Judi Dench, would feel inspired to recreate this coming-of-age story about love and accepting its blemishes.

    Fukunaga's ("Sin Nombre") take doesn't exactly provide an amazing revelation or epiphanic justification for bringing "Jane Eyre" back to life, but it does prove that no classic can be so overdone that it becomes untouchable; even the most tried and dated of love stories can find new life. Fukanaga has given "Jane Eyre" a photorealistic makeover devoid of frills and fiercely au naturel, but no less gripping than the story's "livelier" retellings.

    Fictional period dramas often feel overtly pristine and glazed over to the point of fairytale, but in watching this film, you get the sense that this is quite possibly how the story would have looked and felt if it had been true. All the way down to accents, this rendition has clearly labored over historical authenticity and it shows in the finished product.

    Mia Wasikowska ("The Kids Are All Right") continues to choose spot-on independent films despite leading the billion-dollar "Alice in Wonderland" of 2010 and it continues to pay off. She's clearly adept at embodying literary characters, or at least at recreating them within herself rather than worrying about trying to become the way the majority perceives them. Her modest looks suit Jane perfectly and she can play both the fragile girl who has been so often wronged by those who were supposed to care for her and the somewhat self-assured young woman who so plainly understands right from wrong.

    Buffini ("Tamara Drewe") tells "Jane Eyre" in an un-narrated flashback. The film opens with Jane dashing away from the spectre of the Thornfield estate and stumbling through the beautifully captured but cold and desolate English countryside in a state of total anguish. She arrives at the Rivers' place where they enquire as to her identity. As the voice of Mr. Rochester (Michael Fassbender) beckons her, she cannot block out the memories of her journey. The film then catches up to that point in real time and continues on to the end.

    Other than a terrific performance from Amelia Clarkson as young Jane, the early chapters involving Lowood School seem to be of less significance in this version other than the very clear point to establish Mr. Brocklehurst as an insensitive headmaster and clearly spell out Jane's early traumas that have affected her perspective. The love story between Jane and Mr. Rochester and the way it affects Jane takes supreme precedence in this film and with a two- hour run time, rightfully so. Nevertheless, the short beginnings prevent the film from showing the whole scope of Jane's troubled life.

    Fassbender and Wasikowska work terrifically and manage to communicate the class and age discrepancy that made "Jane Eyre" a juicy read back in the 19th Century. Fassbender does seem to let Rochester's guard down quicker than expected, but I enjoyed his choice to be less standoffish and more brooding; he determines his secret to be more a responsibility of an unfortunate nature than a loathsome burden. His love for Jane then feels more sincere.

    An actress as magnetizing as Judi Dench choosing to play the caretaker Mrs. Fairfax sums up the humble attitude of this "Jane Eyre." She uses her gravitas to the effect of being the film's lone comic relief and complements the scenes rather than stealing them from Wasikowska, who is 55 years her junior.

    The film itself aims for subtlety and chooses not to amp up the shock value of the story's most pivotal scenes. There's some manufactured suspense, but it's mostly natural. It ends up being the most commendable aspect of Fukunaga's vision, but maybe the most hampering as well. He creates exceptional tone and mood with the help of his wonderful cast and this seizes our interest, but his "Jane" never takes a chance with any emotional punches. A superbly crafted film, just not a resonant one.

    ~Steven C
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    • Release date
      • April 22, 2011 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Chuyện Tình Nàng Jane Eyre
    • Filming locations
      • Haddon Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England, UK(Thornfield Hall before the fire)
    • Production companies
      • Focus Features
      • BBC Films
      • Ruby Films
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $11,242,660
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $182,885
      • Mar 13, 2011
    • Gross worldwide
      • $34,710,627
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    • Runtime
      2 hours
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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