Jane Eyre
by Robert Young
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Actor: Barbara Keogh, Ben Sowden, Deborah Findlay, Joanna Scanlan, Laura HarlingDirector: Robert Young
Producer: Delia Fine
Producer: Greg Brenman
Producer: Hugh Warren
Writer: Charlotte Bront?
Writer: Kay Mellor
Writer: Peter Wright
Writer: Richard Hawley
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Unknown), Analog; English (Original Language), Analog; French (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 108 minutes
Release Date: 1997-10-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: A & E Home Video
Studio: A & E Home Video
VHS Movie Reviews of Jane Eyre
Movie Review: Avoid this version at all costs
Summary: 1 Stars
I won't write a diatribe about what I hated with this version, so I'll sum it up in as few points as possible:
-Samantha Morton too cute and young - she looked like she was 12
-Ciaran Hinds: too old and creepy for the part, came across as a raging, shouting bull during the whole movie. Rochester was an angry man but he wasn't THAT angry all the time.
-No chemistry whatsoever between the two characters. Samantha Morton looked mortified to have to kiss Ciaran Hinds in the kissing scenes. Frankly, I'd be mortified too.
Avoid this version as well as the William Hurt/Charlotte Gainsbourg versions- don't let your curiosity to see another version of Jane Eyre get the best of you. They're both awful. See the Timothy Dalton/Zelah Clarke and Toby Stephens/Ruth Wilson versions instead.
Movie Review: A different view of a classic.
Summary: 5 Stars
I thoroughly enjoyed this version of one of my favourite novels. Both of the main actors gave credible and passionate performances to their characters.Movie Review: Jane Eyre (A&E, 1997)
Summary: 2 Stars
Not a great version. Both Jane and Edward come off as angry and hard instead of the sympathy inspiring characters they are in the book. The Timothy Dalton version is much better and truer not only to the book, but to the spirit of the book. Jane does not leave Thornfield because of her pride as intimated in this version, she leaves because it would be morally wrong to stay. The whole book is about doing the right thing despite the main character's own personal desires. That in the end is what brings her happiness. Check out the other version before you buy this one.Movie Review: A&E does it again?
Summary: 2 Stars
I am most certain that the dvd release is an A&E abridged version; which they usually broadcast in their reruns and for their Classroom series. There is a more complete version which had originally aired encompassing Jane's school experiences. I'd guess that approximately 30-45 minutes of material are missing from the beginning of the story and was replaced with quickly edited scenes with a voice-over. I've heard this before about other A&E releases I just wish the official description would clarify...I would not have purchased it if I knew this was the case.Movie Review: Excellent Jane and Rochester
Summary: 4 Stars
A finely cast Jane (an early role for Samantha Morton) and Rochester (a gruff, wry Ciaran Hinds) make the difference in what is quite a short retelling of the story. In particular, the verbal fencing that goes on as they sound each other out in the early part of the film - an important element in the book - is played expertly. The 2006 version (Ruth Wilson) has more time to develop detail and a first-class Jane, but perhaps too civilised a Rochester.
Summary of Jane Eyre
Love, passion and revenge combine in this lavish production of CHARLOTTE BRONTE'S JANE EYRE. This brilliant, all-new adaptation commemorates the 150th anniversary of the timeless novel and stars Samantha Morton (A&E's EMMA) and Ciaran Hinds (Persuasion, A&E's IVANHOE) as the young governess and her mysterious and tragic employer. After a childhood spent in bleak orphanages, Jane Eyre arrives at Thornfield Hall to take over her duties attending to the child of the house. She soon falls in love with Thornfield's brooding owner, Mr. Rochester. Gradually, Jane wins his heart, but together they must overcome the dark secrets of his past before they can find happiness. Directed by Robert Young (Fierce Creatures) and filmed entirely on location in England, CHARLOTTE BRONTE'S JANE EYRE is an exquisite adaptation of one of the most beloved stories of all time.The fascinating British actress Samantha Morton stars as the titular heroine in this provocative version of Jane Eyre, based on Charlotte Bronte's oft-filmed, 1847 novel. The familiar contours of Bronte's story are all here: Jane, the unhappy orphan, grows up to become governess at Thornfield, a gloomy estate owned by the imperious and worldly, but curiously desperate, Mr. Rochester (Ciar?n Hinds). While the latter's grasping attentions stir the inexperienced young woman, the gothic goings-on at Thornfield suggest layers of unwholesome secrecy in Rochester's life. Most productions of Jane Eyre carefully reflect Bronte's absorbing balance between romance, horror, and Jane's psychological passage to adulthood. But this 1997 television movie is interesting for its near-reckless emphasis on Jane and Rochester's mutual obsession and galloping jealousies. The dramatic strategy throws off the story's overall tone, but such problems are worth it to see Morton and Hinds explore Jane Eyre's darkest possibilities. --Tom Keogh
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