ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie are the stars of “”Wuthering Heights”,” a romantic reimagining of the classic Emily Brontë novel by “Saltburn” director Emerald Fennell. Like a bad kiss, the film is dissatisfying and a little gross. Happy Valentine’s Day.
“WUTHERING HEIGHTS” (2026, 136 min., directed by Emerald Fennell)
While I am embarrassed to admit I have not read “Wuthering Heights,” I know enough about the Emily Brontë novel to deduce that Emerald Fennell’s dreadful new film, “”Wuthering Heights,”” earns the quotation marks around its title. Fennell’s film is less of an “adaptation” of the book than Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights” music video.
Even without doing my literary homework, I can speak to the film’s cinematic failures. “”Wuthering Heights”” is about as romantic as a sneeze, but just as gooey. Fennell’s film is slathered with slime, goop and other viscous fluids, suggestive substances which fail to make up for the missing sex appeal between its leaden leads. Unless you find slugs, broken eggs and kneaded dough evocative of heart-pounding amour, the bulk of Fennell’s movie trends toward grossly boring, not daringly sexy…