Jane Eyre [2006] (DVD)

I bought this when I was in Tesco's as I love the BBC adaptions of Pride and Prejudice (oooooh Mr Darcy!) and Sense and Sensability. The story revolves around Jane Eyre, who when she is little lives with her aunt and uncle, Mr and Mrs Reed as her parents had died. Her uncle soon dies and she is left with Mrs Reed, who does not like the child's willful and passionate nature. She is shunned from the family and treated terribly. When she is 10 she is sent to Lowood School for girls where she meets her first ever friend, Helen. Whilst talking one day Jane asks about when they are older how they can leave the school (as they are expected to stay there ...  Read the complete review

Being a Charlotte Bronte and Jane Eyre fan I wasn't expecting it to appeal to me as much as it did. Another period drama to fill in an hour on a Sunday evening. Nevertheless, appealed to me it did. Jane Eyre. The classic story of a plain governess falling in love with the master of the house and vice versa. A tale which many a person could watch and read without getting tired off. With a simple background you could easily say what happens is all very obvious and predictable. However that doesn't make it any less enjoyable. This BBC adaption stars Toby Stephens ( son of Maggie Smith!) and Ruth Wilson. Both fitting their roles perfectly with Ruth portraying ...  Read the complete review

Between the Bronte sisters have produced some of the most famous and popular novels of all time. Jane Eyre is Charlotte Bronte's most admired work; it has been adapted to the screen, small and big, countless times. Being somewhat a fan of the book I've been searching for the perfect version of Jane Eyre for years with little success. The Dalton one felt a little too theatrical, the '96 version had a mismatch of characters and the '97 version had the worst Rochester I could imagine. While I wouldn't be so bold as to say his version is perfect, it is by far my favourite. Being 4 episodes long it has a reasonable amount of time to fit in the key scenes but I could ...  Read the complete review

Jane Eyre- What can I say I love this film... Ever since this was on BBC on a Sunday night, I found myself hooked to it. I am youngish and I would never have thought I would have liked one of the Bronte tales, as this is what my Nan enjoys but I really enjoyed it that much I had to get the DVD version! The Novel Itself This is an adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's novel 'Jane Eyre'. This was a much loved classic and BBC provide this excellent version! Jane experienced childhood in a bad way as she was an orphan and she is desperate to have a new beginning. With a position available as a Governess available at Thornfield hall, Jane accepts ...  Read the complete review

This version of Jane Eyre was on TV over the Christmas period and I thought that I'd probably turn over within the first 30 minutes since a) I love the classics but rarely enjoy the adaptations b) it's on for a fair while, nearly 4 hours and in one go I thought that I may have struggled to sit still for long enough. However, the time flew by and it's by far my favourite Jane Eyre adapation to date !! Ruth Wilson plays a wonderful Jane, but it was Toby Stephens' character of Mr Rochester that stole the show. In general the cast was well chosen ( although I admit, I probably preferred Fiona Shaw's version of Mrs Reed in an earlier adaptation as she had ...  Read the complete review