Wuthering Heights first reviews out: Margot Robbie film called bodice-ripping hit
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First reviews for Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights are in, with critics praising the "scorching hot" chemistry between Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. The film is predicted to be a box office hit, describing it as a breathtaking, "bodice-ripping crowd-pleaser" that firmly establishes itself as a masterpiece.
Director Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights had its first few screenings for the press on Tuesday. The first reactions are calling the film, based on Emily Bronte’s classic novel as a "bodice-ripping crowd-pleaser."
Film critic Critic Courtney Howard in her X review, wrote, "Intoxicating, transcendent, tantalising, bewitching, lust worthy, hypnotic. Expertly captures the breathtaking ache & essence of desire. [Linus] Sandgren’s cinematography, spellbinding. [Suzie] Davies’ production design, sublime (sic)."
Emerald Fennell’s #WutheringHeightsMovie is a god-tier new classic. Intoxicating, transcendent, tantalising, bewitching, lust worthy, hypnotic. Expertly captures the breathtaking ache & essence of desire. Sandgren’s cinematography, spellbinding. Davies’ production design, sublime pic.twitter.com/LKkq6eRjNJ— Courtney Howard (@Lulamaybelle) February 3, 2026
Jazz Tangacy, senior artisans editor from Variety, reviewed Wuthering Heights on X and called it a "scorching hot twisted tale" and praised the chemistry between actors Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as "a whole other level of HOT (sic)!"
"Only Emerald could take a classic, turn it on its head, make you fall completely in lust, and then utterly destroy your soul. An exquisite spectacle of craftsmanship that left me salivating over the costumes, cinematography and production design. Obsessively in love with it (sic)," she added.
Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” is a scorching hot and twisted tale. Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi’s chemistry and sexual tension is a whole other level of HOT! Only Emerald could take a classic, turn it on its head, make you fall completely in lust, and then utterly pic.twitter.com/4G8dftLSpy— Jazz Tangcay (@jazzt) January 29, 2026
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