Jane Eyre is a movie directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga in 2011 and based on the book of the same name by Charlotte Brontë, first published in 1847. The movie features Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Judi Dench, Jamie Bell, Sally Hawkins, Simon McBurney, and others.
What users say
“The movie is neither better nor worse than the book”
Both the book and the movie have recommendations.
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Storyline
A tearful Jane Eyre runs away from Thornfield Hall, finding herself alone on the moors. She collapses at the doorstep of Moor House, home of St. John Rivers and his sisters Diana and Mary; they take Jane in and nurse her back to health. The film flashes between Jane’s recovery and her grim childhood.
Movie vs Book
Year
2011
Minutes
120
Movie Rate
7.30
Source: IMDb
Year
1847
Pages
590
Book Rate
8.26
S: Goodreads
Book
Jane Eyre
Author: Charlotte Brontë
Country: UK
First published in: 1847
Length: 590 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Edward José
Movie by Hugo Ballin
Movie by Christy Cabanne
Movie by Robert Stevenson
Movie by Delbert Mann
TV Mini-Series by Joan Craft
TV Mini-Series by Julian Amyes
Movie by Franco Zeffirelli
Movie by Robert Young
TV Mini-Series by Susanna White
User polls & recommendations
“The book is so rich. There are so many fantastic details, but in order to preserve and have the time to bring that to the screen, we had to make important choices.”
DENIS VILLENEUVE (Filmmaker, Scriptwriter)
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