Jane Eyre could easily be a full-blown romantic horror. Instead they went for the tender and beautiful version that delivers what it wants to deliver. But Jamie Bell is terrible miscast as St. John - in the book almost an equal to Rochester.

Best Eyre version yet. Fukunaga get's the atmosphere right.

One classic tale, two splendid lead performances, and several dark, delicate and fiery moments somehow manages to only leave lasting impressions in glimpse. More than worth the watch, though.

My favorite Michael Fassbender performance this year is his Rochester: a tough, weathered man whose advances are poetic because they're so direct. This is a much needed update of the Brontė novel with its ghostly undercurrents unearthed, its great tragic romance made worldly and mad.

Not a big fan of romance movies but this was pretty good. Great performances by both leads.

Not since "Barry Lyndon" have I heard dialogues uttered so eloquently, though Bronte's rich text helps significantly, encapsulating a range of piercing emotions that can just be read from the actor's faces. Wasikowska's unconditional commitment lends legitimacy to the character, as though embracing Jane's affliction has effortlessly blurred the line between portrayal and reality. It's a very fine performance and an equally fine film.

A good retelling of the novel, and beautiful to look at. Haunting, at times scary, and always achingly romantic. Michael Fassbinder was as watchable as always, and Mia Wasikowska made an excellent Jane Eyre, exactly as I had imagined her.

The second-best looking film of the year ('The Tree of Life' : unbeatable). I found myself too uninvolved to care much about the outcome. Whether that was due to being distracted in key scenes by the theatricalness of the language - beautiful, intelligently written and spoken with utter conviction though it is - or because of the typicality of the storyline (I was unfamiliar with 'Jane Eyre' but surely not with the themes and conflicts). The beginning and the resolution were the strongest parts.

I am a sucker for girl's novels.

Well orchestrated. Seems to have considered her young life as being more important than her older life, and I felt it would have added a fuller picture if it had included a larger part of her life and less of her life with the missionary family (although an important element, what did it add to the movie?). A better title may have been "Jane Eyre in love" but then I may have skipped this altogether.

80.250

Surprisingly good, mostly thanks to Fassbender. Wasikowska isn't too bad either.

Fukunaga proves he is a talent to watch with this exquisitely crafted period romance and its sublimely Gothic atmospherics. Wasikowska and Fassbender impress with their assured performances and the cinematography is visually arresting. Simply the best Jane Eyre adaptation.

I’ve never read Jane Eyre, nor seen any adaptation of it before now. So, I can’t really compare it to anything else, but I thought this was a great film. I’m a big fan of Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender and they were both brilliant here. All of the cast delivered the dialogue really well. The set design, costuming and cinematography were also all on top form. I’m not always a big fan of period pieces, but this was most enjoyable.

I may have to rewrite this review if I can stomach finishing this movie, but it really butchers a fantastic book. I hate to be one of those people complaining about how the film compares to the book, but this adaptation goes out of the way to change interesting characters and motivations into cliches and Wasikowska does little justice to the character, partially because of the script's changes to her and greatly due to her lacking the necessary acting chops.

I enjoyed every adaptation of Pride & Prejudice I have seen so far, so I expected something similar from Jane Eyre. Not sure who's to blame here, but the story seems wrong and unsatisfying to me. At some point I really expected Fassbinder's character to be a vampire. He treats everyone like crap and then falls for a simple girl 'Bella', who hardly has any character, apart from being different. Later some other dude comes into a mix (not a werewolf, it appears). Nice cinematography.

In this terribly uninspired film, an unsupportable Mia Wasikowska plays... errr... well, she plays. She sobs, she cries and she made me regret choosing this film. I was warned that I would not like it and still JE went under my expectations - go figure.

"Despite the well-trod dramatic territory of Brontė's classic, Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender stand out amid the windswept moors and woeful secrets." - Bill Weber

It's good but not as good as TV series from 2006. Sure M.Fassbender, J.Dench and M.Wasikowska do their parts fine but for other members of the cast I can't really say the same. I really missed some more insight in side roles of B.Ingram, A.Varens and H. Burns. Still it's worth seeing it.

Exquisite, immersive, and terrifying...

Wonderful performances by the entire cast, especially Masikowska (go watch her segments from the HBO show, In Treatment). The Gothic, muted photography is also fantastic, with the grey palate dominating the entire landscape like a fog and motionless candle-lit flames glimmering off in the background. It's an ambitious and gorgeous film, but it's marred by some underdeveloped characters and an overly manufactured tone. It's also kind of sappy, but that's not the film's fault.

I'll watch Michael Fassbender do absolutely anything, and in Jane Eyre his amazing delivery is often even surpassed by the sharp writing. Every conversation between the two leads is thoroughly engulfing, and while the rest of it is not so much the film is a solid piece of work.

Although well-acted, there wasn't much chemistry between the leads. Didn't care for the banal film score either.

a quite depressing and dark adaptation of the great novel...however acting, cinematography, art direction, costumes and make-up are all 'most splendid'

This is a terse adaptation of the novel, but it's also gorgeous and captures Bronte's words faithfully. As a fan of the novel, I'd say this is a great success. Mia Wasikowska is perfect as Jane Eyre.

Jane Eyre combines the timeless theme of romance overcoming adversity with a period appropriate proto-feminism, and is realized masterfully by Fassbender and Wasikowska. Their performances are enhanced by articulate lighting that underlines the emotions of each scene, particularly the elements of gothic horror. This film's issues, such as its somewhat ambitious pace and trite culmination, do not prevent me from being drawn into the tribulations and mysteries of its narrative.

The first filmed version of the novel that thoroughly understands the Gothic in its source. By turns frighteningly romantic and sublimely atmospheric - everything about the production is so solid the deep complexities in the story appear effortless. What deserves an even more honorable mention is the cinematography that lingers in the dark corners of the castle and the bags under Rochester's eyes more than the charm of Victorian gardens.

Plenty of things I liked: Natural light cinematography, beautiful art decoration, subdued makeup, giving Adele a personality and a voice, and some excellent acting all around. A few things I didn't: Jane screwing around looking for the spoooooky presence with a drastically wounded man lying there waiting for her to treat him, ending the story slightly prematurely, and how little attention was given to Jane's childhood (it's something like 1/3rd of the book, if I recall). But hey, good effort!

A beautifully shot and acted film that occasionally drags.

Inevitably, film adapations of novels are truncated, and even with that in mind, this version of Jane Eyre feels especially so. However, its tone, production design, cinematography and performances are very strong, and despite its "greatest-hits" feel, Fukunaga succeeds in faithfully offering an impression of Bronte's novel. I have my quibbles as a devotee of the source, but taken on its own terms, this is a sure success.

Why did I decide to watch this?

neither hate it nor love it... ... ... they have the moody expressions down pat :( T_T ;_; :<