India, Feb. 11 -- Wuthering Heights first reviews out: The first reviews of Emerald Fennell's much-anticipated Wuthering Heights have arrived, and they paint a sharply divided picture of the filmmaker's audacious take on Emily Bronte's classic novel. Starring Margot Robbie as Catherine Earnshaw and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff, the adaptation has sparked intense debate among critics, with most calling it a hollow misfire.

The Independent described the film as "an astonishingly hollow work." The review argued that Fennell uses the guise of interpretation to strip the novel of its emotional violence and complexity, replacing it with marketable romance tropes. While acknowledging that many adaptations only cover the first half of the book, a ...