Besides the principals, Dame Judi Dench is solid as a rock as Rochester's housekeeper, giving it her always-A-game approach and adding nuance to what could be merely a stock role. I still prefer Scott or Orson Welles in the role -tough competition indeed. After all, Jane is going to fall for him eventually. Fassbender has already suffered casting criticism as being too good looking, but his acting carries the day -combining the right amount of sinister to temper the matinée idol veneer. I guess screenwriter Moira Buffini adhered to a more purist approach. The big reveal regarding Rochester's "secret" is well-done, though I was a bit disappointed that the hindsight of two versions of Jean Rhys' prequel WIDE SARGASSO SEA was not taken into account here. The visuals alone make this remake worthwhile, backed by the BBC but definitely not a "Masterpiece Theatre" small-screen effort like the recent re-dos of all of Jane Austen. The romantic sweep of her dealings with Rochester are well portrayed, and director Cary Joji Fukunaga makes terrific use of the stark locations, shot in painterly fashion. Years at a school for castoff girls, where corporal punishment is de rigeur, merely season Jane for life's hard knocks. Reed (Sally Hawkins, in her least giggly role to date -very effective). Her "tale of woe", as Rochester mockingly describes it before even hearing a word, is the familiar Charlotte Bronte yarn -suffering a scary childhood at the hands of such ogres as Mrs. After scoring in the title role in Tim Burton's ALICE IN WONDERLAND, Aussie thesp Mia Wasikowska is compelling with a plain Jane styling here again as title character, with her story told effectively in flashback, starting with her escape from the Gothic mansion of Rochester (Michael Fassbender), getting a school marm's gig from sympathetic young pastor "Sin-jin" (St. It should introduce a new audience to the classic tale. Scott edition on a special pedestal, but this new atmospheric adaptation proves to be worthwhile. I've seen JANE EYRE in many versions, holding the Susannah York/George C. And as an adaptation, while the ending could've been more in particular, it is more than credible. All in all, beautifully rendered, directed and acted. Sally Hawkins is suitably icy, while Judi Dench is wonderful as she always is. Michael Fassbender has such a strong screen presence, and although we don't see much of Rochester effort is done both on the writers and Fassbender's parts to make us care for him. She's very beautiful and appropriately strong-willed. I think she has grown as an actress, meaning while I didn't like her very much in Alice in Wonderland I loved her here. However, Mia Wasikowska was much better than expected as Jane. As much as I do like Jamie Bell though, I wasn't entirely convinced by his performance, the look didn't matter so much, it was more to do with that Bell was not quite pious enough. Other good assets are strong direction and above all a great cast.
The dialogue, apart from the odd part that could have done with more bite, is good and doesn't fall into the trap of being stilted, and the story is still the compelling and moving story I fell in love with with only the rather rushed and abrupt ending striking a false chord. The music is well composed too, sparkling and poignant and rarely overbearing. It is beautifully photographed, the locations are stunning likewise with the costumes and the atmosphere has quite a pleasing gloom to it. However it does have a number of strong things about it and is a credible adaptation. In general, it isn't, and it isn't perfect.
I remember the Dalton, Welles and Scott versions with fondness(didn't like the one directed by Zeffirelli very much), but didn't expect this film to be as good. Jane Eyre is one of my favourite books, and I love period dramas, so naturally I wanted to see this film.
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