I was just waiting for a jaunty sports commentator type voice-over as soon as she started wring. Many viewers will find this moving but I could not help thinking of the Monty Python sketch " Novel writing from Wessex". There is a scene towards the end where Emily, having gone through all the preceding trauma, sits down with a pen and blank paper to start writing Wuthering Heights. These musical effects could have been used to build up to the death or announcement of the death of the curate and Branwell. Each time I expected some great dramatic denoument but it led up to nothing. She died early, leaving behind only a few diary papers and letters, in addition to her novel and. The musical score was excellent and generally added to the mood of the film but in two places to my recollection the music built slowly to a magnificent crescendo. In 1896, literary critic Clement Shorter dubbed Emily the sphinx of our modern literature. I cannot imagine that Branwell Bronte ever said "Give it some wellie" Secondly the script contained anachronisms. Surely a voice coach could have improved things. Amelia Gething as Anne seemed to have a northern accent but Emma Mackey and some of the other actors made no attempt at one. However, I have some criticism of other aspects. Visually the film was excellent with cinematography, lighting, costumes and setting all top notch. Knowing nothing of the historical life of Emily Bronte I was not troubled by any of the inaccuracies mentioned by other reviewers and found the story engrossing.
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