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Marketing leaned into sexuality, but the on-screen content emphasizes hidden hookups, kisses, and suggestive visuals over explicit drama.

Overall, the film feels like an incoherent collage of teenage lust that fails to deliver a cohesive, affecting experience.

Takeaway: star power and spectacle may draw audiences, but the adaptation doesn’t fully elevate the material, prompting questions about pursuing an original story.

Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights adaptation, led by Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, has debuted to a polarizing critical reception, signaling a bold, divisive take on the classic.

RT Critics Consensus, audience score, and Popcornmeter were still pending at the time of reporting.

Critics vary from praising it as utterly absorbing to labeling it a gooey, grimy mess, with notable debates over whether it’s style over substance.

Charli XCX contributes a soundtrack that fits the film’s mood without pulling focus from the action.

The director prioritizes mood, aesthetics, and psychological intensity of obsession over strict fidelity to the source material.

Reviewers praise the film’s visuals and production design, cinematography, and music, but some say glossy elements mask weaker writing and a hollow narrative.

Some critics defend the film as meaningful style that doubles as substance, arguing style can be substance when executed well.

The Telegraph defends the film against charges of shallowness, asserting that style can function as substance when done right.