This version came out a couple of years ago and was panned by some of the troglodyte critics that I read so I passed it up. I regret that.

Only recently did I find a copy and watch it through. I was astonished!


The performance by Charlotte Gainsbourg as Jane is outstanding. I could not take my eyes from her when she was onscreen.


Rarely have I been so captivated by an actress. Hurt's performance by contrast was was good but routine. Why

do American actors have so much trouble playing Englishmen? The only exception I can think of is Edward

Norton. Perhaps what the British say about us colonials is true.

If you love period piece films, asI do, don't miss this one. It's available from Amazon. com.

I HUNTED ALL OVER FOR THIS PARTICULAR COPY. IT WAS SHOWN ON TELEVISION AND IS NOT AVAILABLE IN TOO MANY PLACES. THANK YOU AMAZON FOR MAKING IT AVAILABLE. IT IS FAR SUPERIOR TO ANY OTHER VERSION THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN

After her folks die, young girl goes to live with wicked aunt (& nasty cousins), who subsequently exiles young girl to a boarding school run by a religious fanatic. Wait, there's plenty of additional stereotypical characters to come!

Young girl grows up & pulls a "Maria von Trapp." She falls in love with the "master of the house", where she serves as governess. If you can put aside the bizarre laughter from an upper room, a fire of unknown origins which nearly kills the master, and the arrival & stabbing of a mysterious house guest, Jane Eyre seems to be doing OK for herself in these fine gothic digs!

A split second or two before tying the knot with the master of the house, someone bursts in to announce that there's an impediment to the marriage. The master of the house / casd is already married. "Ok, Ok," he acknowledges - "But my wife is insane. That's her laughing upstairs, starting fires, and going around stabbing people."

Jane leaves said cad at the altar & at the gothic digs. Unbeknownst to Jane, Mrs. Cad latr dies in a tragic fire in which Mr. Cad is seriously injured (Entirely too convenient. I'd like to bring the CSI team in on that one.).

On her own from Mr. Cad, Jane inherits a fortune from a mysterious uncle (Does anyone actually have relatives like that?). Some time later, she returns to the gothic digs & Mr. Cad. They finally marry & live happily ever after.

This is classic literature?

I am an confessed Jane Eyre Jane Austin Junkie. I have all of the version of this story. This is a good one, but not my favorite one. However, I wanted it to fill out my collection.

I have yet to see a bad one. I need to get a copy of the Orson Wells version. When I get a moment I will go on line and look for it.

Thanks.

I love this movie! Charlotte Gainsborg does an exceptional job of portraying Jane Eyre! No it's ending is not exactly as the books, but still feels good.