LTripp Review of Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights (2003 TV Movie)

A terrible adaptation of this classic story!

[14 September 2003]

This movie sets the story in modern times and in America. Like in other modern adaptations such as "O" and "Scotland, PA" they have changed the character's names to modern names close to the original names. Heath(Heathcliff) gradually becomes a rock star. (SPOILERS) Like several versions of this story it ends with Cathy having the baby and then dying, only this time before she dies she tells Heath the child is his. And then we see that Heath is happily raising the child. It is also a more shallow love story. Wuthering Heights is a great story. The only version worth owning is the 1992 version the outstanding actor Ralph Fiennes made his real performance debut. If you want to see good modernized old story rent "O" (Othello) or Leonardo DiCaprio's "Romeo and Juliet".