Disappointing

Hamfisted and dull, this movie never gets out of the starting gate. The luminous Juliette Binoche is inexplicably annoying and neither she, nor Ralph Fiennes, are successful in bring Cathy and Heathcliff to life. The remainder of the cast are completely forgettable. While this adaptation more closely follows the book, the 1939 film out laps this one by a mile. No wonder it's considered a classic!