One of the most dramatic and romantic love stories ever told in a motion picture. It's not a splendid movie, but the the last minutes are really something you don't forget easily.

Not enough Bronte craziness, but very romantic indeed.

Wyler has none of Bunuel's sense of humor about how over-the-top and awful these characters are, and instead treats them as romantic/tragic heroes. The true culprit may very well be Alfred Newman, whose horrible, horrible score is drenched all over the place. As for the rest of it, it's okay-to-good. Olivier is overrated, but he does a decent job here, as does Merle Oberon. Toland's photography is, as to be expected, quite grand. The film moves along smoothly and usually holds your interest.

You'd think Wyler of all people would do justice to this material, but it quickly turns inta a tedious melodrama, certainly not helped along by the shaky acting of Oberon and an uncharacteristically bland Olivier. A lot hinges on their chemistry, of which there is none, leaving only a drama with all the actual, well, drama sucked completely out of it.

Simple but wildly effective.

Hell hath no fury like Heathcliff's scorn! Everybody's favorite 'dirty GYPSY-BEGGER'

88.500

While it never really does anything special every aspect is well made and enjoyable. The tragic romance may be predictable but the characters are interesting and well acted enough to make it all worth watching.

Frustrating. Technically excellent, but Catherine's motivations ranged from Saharan heat to Arctic chill with little-to-no logic to support her, only encouraging a flighty and illogical female center, which I'm rather sensitive to. My other issues with the film, according to the history in the linear notes on the laserdisc, were received enthusiastically in the '30's, which I guess finally makes me progressive.

Alternately splendid & heartbreaking. You can't take your eyes off Laurence Olivier. His beauty (incredible as it is) can only distract you briefly from the supreme talent he shows here. He & Merle Oberon are pretty damned bewitching. A love story for the ages.

good film

Really only liked the final sequence (tacked on as I recall by Zanuck or somebody like that). But then, I never really liked the book either.

Great film.

A romantic classic from the olden days.

I (surpringly) enjoyed the book. But I did not enjoy this. This film is every bit as tedious as I (wrongly) expected the book to be. How can a film be more boring than a book?? Well, here that's what you get.

Despite its imperfections, it's still heart-breaking, heart-making.