For days after I watched this, I kept remembering how silly it was.

I’ll concede that I never much liked the book, either, but this movie seemed to me to be a piece of abject trash. The casting was apparently based on looks alone, and Juliette Binoche’s unmistakable French accent-hard enough to suspecnd disbelief about in the mother-Cathy-becomes truly ludicrous in her daughter, who had never even heard her mother speak. Aren’t there dialect coaches to help actors avoid sounding silly? But then, the native English speakers all sound stupid, too, so maybe it’s not her fault. Some hardly even speak but make asses of themselves. The leading man’s part is mainly limited to stomping around, glaring at people. I guess if you’re totally crushed out on one or more of these actors, you might enjoy it. But as a story, it’s idiotic. It’s like a bad made-for-TV movie.

certain scenes were lovely, and the key actors did a good job. it followed the book but seemed disjointed and the depth of the connection between heathcliff and catherine was not as well done as it could have been. portrayed (somewhat understandablly, i suppose) as just a love story when there’s more to their story than just earthly love – their souls are one, after all. would have been utterly confusing had i not already read the book.