Jane Eyre (2011)

A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.

Director:

Cary Joji Fukunaga

Writers:

Charlotte Brontë (novel), Moira Buffini (screenplay)

Stars:

Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 10 wins & 14 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mia Wasikowska	...	Jane Eyre
Jamie Bell	...	St John Rivers
Su Elliot	...	Hannah
Holliday Grainger	...	Diana Rivers
Tamzin Merchant	...	Mary Rivers
Amelia Clarkson	...	Young Jane
Craig Roberts	...	John Reed
Sally Hawkins	...	Mrs. Reed
Lizzie Hopley	...	Miss Abbot
Jayne Wisener	...	Bessie
Freya Wilson	...	Eliza Reed
Emily Haigh	...	Georgiana Reed
Simon McBurney	...	Mr. Brocklehurst
Sandy McDade	...	Miss Scatcherd
Freya Parks	...	Helen Burns

Storyline

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre 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. Rochester. 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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Plot Keywords:

yorkshire | secret | governess | friendship | f rated | 

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Taglines:

She sought refuge... and found a place haunted by secrets.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some thematic elements including a nude image and brief violent content

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

22 April 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dzeine Eir

Filming Locations:

Broughton Castle, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$182,885, 13 March 2011, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$11,242,660

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$34,710,627

Company Credits

Production Co:

Focus Features, BBC Films, Ruby Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The location used for the Reed's home, Gateshead, is the same house where Gosford Park (2001) was filmed.

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Goofs

When Jane was tutoring Adele and showing her the extent of the British Empire around the globe she included Australia but Australia did not exist then as such. Australia was then merely a collection of separate independent colonies which did not come together to form Australia until another 50years.

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Quotes

Rochester: [to Jane] I knew you would do me good in some way. I saw it in your eyes when I first beheld you.

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Connections

Featured in Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #1.9 (2011)

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Soundtracks

Farewell
(1874)
Words by Lord Byron
Music by Joseph Harper Kearton
Performed by Imogen Poots
Arranged by Andrew McKenna

User Reviews

Beautiful adaptation

I read the reviews of this film a few days before it was released, and one critic said it was the best JE adaptation she had ever seen. Well, then. I had high expectations.

WOW. It totally surpassed my expectations.

I'm a huge fan of the book, so I was a bit unsure of this film (before I saw it, of course) because it may have altered some main details. Not true. Yes, some parts were altered, but not altered so much that it was a fallacy. Not in any way were the changes a fallacy. The changes were minor.

The acting is wonderful, you can really sense the chemistry between Wasikowska's Jane and Fassbender's Rochester. It's well written, and the screen-writer has added in some quirky little moments that made everyone in my theatre laugh out loud.

In other words, I loved this movie. It was a beautiful film, and it was well worth the two hour car ride to see it. I can't wait for the DVD.

5/5