Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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There have been a lot of heated conversations around Emerald Fennel’s "Wuthering Heights" since it was first announced. Months before the film’s release, behind-the-scenes pictures and later the film’s trailer, outraged the internet, as people complained about Fennel’s casting choices, the anachronistic costumes, and everything that signalled that this wouldn't be the adaptation of Emily Brontë’s Victorian classic fans were expecting.

But what did we from Emerald Fennel's "Wuthering Heights"? And is a good adaptation one that mimics the book, or is there something else that the latest one is missing?

0:00 Intro
0:48 Emily Brontë’s and Wuthering Heights
1:14 Plot recap
1:36 Victorians' reaction to the novel
2:28 The challenge of screen adaptations
5:10 Emerald Fennell's "Wuthering Heights"
9:03 Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights
10:13 Ceci n'est pas Wuthering Heights

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