Wuthering Heights
- Gus Keller
- 3 hours ago
- 1 min read
Wuthering Heights is a bold swing. Although centered around a flat romance, it captures raw emotions. Exploring primal sexuality, idyllic expressions of desire and devotion evolve into darker themes like obsession, spite, and control. Despite becoming repetitive, the plot follows a timeless star-crossed lovers conflict. This keeps the drama external, making it intense yet one-note (even if arcs are earned). Still, the acting elevates this material with intensity, physicality, charisma, vulnerability, fleeting layers, and passable chemistry. Solid setup/payoff establishes humor as well as tragedy. Therefore, Wuthering Heights is more of a mood than a traditional narrative.
Technically, Wuthering Heights is amplified to surreal levels. Framing, dramatic lighting, texture, angles, and colors create striking imagery. Its editing compensates for spotty momentum with stylized transitions. A contrast between intimacy and exaggeration is found throughout the soundscape. Its anachronistic music embraces sweeping epic scoring. The production design leans into symbolic artifice via pop gothic aesthetics as well as grand landscapes. Despite the cast's top-notch fame, there's a lack of diversity among its lead roles. Its effects amount to fitting ancillary touches. Overall, Wuthering Heights displays artistic craft, even if it falls short of a home run.
Writing: 6/10
Direction: 9/10
Cinematography: 10/10
Acting: 8/10
Editing: 8/10
Sound: 8/10
Score/Soundtrack: 9/10
Production Design: 10/10
Casting: 9/10
Effects: 7/10
Overall Score: 8.4/10
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