This 2011 adaptation of WUTHERING HEIGHTS commits the cardinal sin of attempting to update the material to make it relevant for modern viewers, forgetting the fact that those novels which are considered "classics" are already relevant to readers from all time periods, hence the word "timeless". In the end, those who attempt such updates just end up pandering to modern trends and after a span of twenty years or so end up with material more dated than that at the original source.
In any case, I don't have anything nice to say about this version. The script is dull and lifeless, failing to draw out any of those oh-so-intriguing characters from the novel, with Heathcliff in particular a stodgy and insipid type lacking the resolution and raw power from the story.
In this version, Heathcliff is black, which is also complete nonsense. Heathcliff was described as "dark" in the book, not black. If he'd been black, he would have been described in specific racial terms, not to mention that the book would have been even more controversial than it was. Making race an issue just allows the writer/director to explore modern themes of racial prejudice as part of a liberal, politically correct mindset, which is not what WUTHERING HEIGHTS is all about.
This is also a heavily stylistic production, complete with lots of shaky cam work. Arnold is no Greengrass, however, and the shaky cam is nausea-inducing. The relentless dullness of the production, the lame padding of people rolling around in the fields, the ageing of certain characters and not others, and the complete coldness of everybody involved makes this the worst WUTHERING yet.
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