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Metascore
35 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Village VoiceVillage VoiceFukunaga has made his Jane Eyre an intimate, thoughtful epic, anchored by strong lead performances and the gorgeous, moody 100-shades-of-gray cinematography of Adriano Goldman.
- 90Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternAlmost everything about Cary Fukunaga's version of the Charlotte Brontë romance is understated yet transfixing, mainly-although far from exclusively-because of Mia Wasikowska's presence in the title role.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyFassbender cuts a more prosaic, realistic figure as the tormented, romantic Rochester than did the screen's most celebrated performer of the role, Orson Welles, in the effective 1944 version.
- 80Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichThe film builds to a shattering climax that works precisely because all involved fully embrace the melodrama. Be sure to bring Kleenex.
- 75Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversFukunaga, son of a Japanese father and a Swedish mother, is a filmmaker to watch. He has reanimated a classic for a new generation, letting Jane Eyre resonate with terror and tenderness.
- 70New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinWasikowska's Jane is as watchful as only a damaged soul can be, and, when challenged, frighteningly fast.
- 70VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangThe candlelight flickers exquisitely even as the passions are slow to ignite in this spare, shrewdly acted but not especially vital retelling of Jane Eyre.
- 70Boxoffice MagazineJohn P. McCarthyBoxoffice MagazineJohn P. McCarthyCary Joji Fukunaga's romantic thriller Jane Eyre is to 19th-century literature what "Black Swan" is to ballet: a thoroughly cinematic, occasionally exhilarating reimagining of a repertoire standard.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe film never conveys that something larger is at work - like, say, the hand of fate. And without that, there's more busyness than beauty to Brontë.
- 58The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonWasikowska doesn't seem much changed from her "Alice" role, and she trips through Jane's adulthood as though it were a fantasia instead of a moody suspense story.