Wuthering Heights Movie Review: Wuthering Heights opened to mixed reviews on Friday as many rushed to begin the Valentine’s Day weekend with a classic tale of gothic romance. But the adaptation has left many on the Internet with a bitter aftertaste. With one reviewer calling it the “worst thing that has ever happened” to author Emily Brontë. Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi’s attempt to bring Catherine and Heathcliff to life under director Emerald Fennell did not seem to win the audience’s overall approval.
‘Wuthering Heights’, however, has opened to $3 million at the international box office. With the Valentine’s Weekend 2026 and the extra-long President’s Day, the film is expected to gross $50-55 million. Budgeted at $80 million, it is likely to get a strong push over the weekend, as per a report from Variety.
Wuthering Heights Reviews: ‘I’m gonna jump from a wuthering height’
Reviewing Margot Robbie’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ on the social film discovery platform, Letterboxd, netizens dragged the adaptation film through the mud. As a user wrote, “Emily Brontë died of tuberculosis 177 years ago, yet this adaptation is still the worst thing that has ever happened to her.” While another claimed, “I’m gonna jump from a wuthering height.”
Similarly, on IMDb, Wuthering Heights continued to receive poor reviews. A user wrote, “Bold move to fix Emily Brontë’s masterpiece,” as they explained the constant intimacy shown on screen, taking away the essence of the goth-chic, forbidden-love romance. “At times, the film fluctuates between a botox commercial and a bad school play,” felt another viewer on IMDb. “This ‘Wuthering Heights’ feels like a hollow, fractured piece of unfinished work,” they added further.
However, the inevitable book vs movie debate had the internet united, as they ‘loved the book, the song, hated the movie.'”Jacob Elordi proves once again that brooding is not the same as acting. Heathcliff is supposed to burn-Elordi barely flickers,” a review opined, as they felt that even the Barbie actor was ‘theatrical in the worst way.’
In fact, a user called for filmmakers to ‘stop disrespecting masterpieces’, while others call it ‘visually appealing, but a disjointed adaptation’. With such negative reviews, the question remains whether they will impact the commercial success of ‘Wuthering Heights’ or the steamy love affair keep the curtain up?