![]() Important elements that were taken into consideration include, but are not limited to: Even the best movie falls short of the actual book - obviously. Full disclosure, I omitted the 1996 Zeffirelli version because although Anna Paquin was amazing, I could not get over the casting of William Hurt as Rochester. Some films required more deliberation than others. Through much deliberation, I have written this in order of rank, from worst to best. Why are you reading this if you haven’t read the book? I’ve probably already spoiled something by now. Warning, part deux: do I even have to mention SPOILER ALERT? This post is basically one big spoiler. Everyone else, you might as well leave now. ![]() For the three of you who continue to read this, I’ll assume that you’re equally obsessed with Jane Eyre and are therefore okay with this. At some points, it devolves into a sort of stream-of-consciousness thing akin to Movie Yelling on The Toast. And equally possible that I created an elaborate rating system to determine the merits of each film. Who knew?) It’s entirely possible that - in the interest of research - I have watched most of these film adaptations of Jane Eyre. (Including a 1943 horror movie involving a zombie. There are even more if you include versions filmed in other languages, and more than that if you consider adaptations more loosely based on the story. There have been over sixteen English language film versions of Jane Eyre, beginning in 1910 with the first of eight silent movies based on the book.
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