New tenant Lockwood visits the landlord. He finds Heathcliff (Ralph Fiennes) and others in a farmhouse on Wuthering Heights. Thirty years before, Mr Earnshaw brought back homeless gypsy Heathcliff. The son Hindley mistreats Heathcliff. After father's death, Hindley Earnshaw (Jeremy Northam) becomes the master of the estate with Heathcliff as their lowly servant. Heathcliff and Cathy Earnshaw (Juliette Binoche) fall in love.This version of the Emily Brontë novel is most notable for Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes early in their careers. I love both actors and they are quite charismatic. This has the brooding tones and it has the dirty gloom. However it may be taking on too much. It feels more like a highlight reel of a literary classic. The flow is off and it feels rushed. It feels a little disjointed.

Great job at reconstructing the Wuthering Heights residence the way it is described in the book. As for the fact that this production tries to cover the full story, I can't help feeling that cramming so much detail in the space of just 105 minutes has chopped a story otherwise full of pathos into a mere chronology. What saves the attempt is, however, the rather excellent cast - although I must confess that, based on the book, I was expecting Edgar to be a lot better looking :D. Overall, this production looks promising but hugely unfinished. Sadly (for a fan of Juliette Binoche), not the kind of production I would want to watch again. The need for concision granted, I can still find no excuse for the particularly disappointing music. Having seen a few Stanley Kubrick productions not long ago (the music of The Shining in my ears...), I find the music of this production inexcusably drab.

Only recently have I got round to reading the Emily Bronte classic of 1847 and, having finished it, I immediately wanted to view this 1992 British film version. It is a faithful adaptation in terms of both narrative and language but, although it is filmed in North Yorkshire, both Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange are represented as much larger and grander than I had imagined them. One other criticism: the dance scene is not in the novel and is incongruous because the Grange does not do entertaining. A notable strength of director Peter Kosminsky's work is its casting. The bewitchingly beautiful Juliette Binoche plays both Catherine Earnshaw and her daughter Cathy Linton and one can imagine why a man would go mad for love of such a woman. As the tormented and cruel Heathcliff, Ralph Fiennes is credibly dark.Another great virtue of this film version is that, unlike many other movie adaptations of this enigmatic novel, it covers the whole story, rather than stopping at the death of Catherine. The novel is a long one covering three decades, so no film can depict all the incidents, but arguably the most pivotal scene is when Catherine declares her intention to marry Edgar Linton while confessing her love for Heathcliff and this scene is there in this movie.

When writing this review I abstain myself from reading all other review first. "Wuthering Heights (1992)" is the best romance genre of all time and it's not only that (romance), it has many element that is not available in the usual romance genre. It has an horror element (or more preferably they call it Gothic), mystery, tragedy, revenge, and more.If you never read the book as I myself have read it you would be interested the moment Mr. Lockwood entered the Haunted House of Wuthering Heights. Would it be rousing to know why there is a young woman sitting in the dark when Mr. Lockwood entered Wuthering Heights? And that young woman while bear the same name with woman protagonist it's not actually the protagonist? I've forgotten how I felt the first time I watched "Wuthering Heights", but in this third time I still find how love or romance could be that intense and exciting to watch. "Wuthering Heights" not only very entertaining but also genius. It's not easy to find a movie that both smart and entertaining, because mostly it's smart but boring or entertaining but the artificiality is obvious.This is the best Wuthering Heights version because I haven't watched the other versions and now about to. The soundtrack so eerily romantic. When you see Juliette Binoche as Catherine you see her eyes is like fire burning so adamant which makes your heart vibrates. The scenery is just sometimes breathtaking combine with the music. And no other actors can be as Heathcliff as Ralph Fiennes even if he said he isn't. And no other characters of Juliette Binoche in her movies could made me so satisfying to look at her than "Wuthering Heights". You never know a fiery love before watching "Wuthering Heights".