Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is finally here, transforming the brooding 1847 classic into a visually intoxicating, emotionally savage ride that’s already dividing audiences in the best way.

Dropping just in time for the weekend, this isn’t your high school English class version of moors and melodrama… It’s Fennell doing what she does best: taking a timeless tragedy and cranking up the sex, spite, and psychological edge.

At its raw heart, the story follows Heathcliff, a tortured outsider who falls obsessively in love with Catherine Earnshaw, the wild daughter of a wealthy 18th-century English family.

What starts as forbidden passion spirals into lifelong devastation when class divides, pride, and betrayal tear them apart; leaving a trail of revenge, ghosts, and broken souls across the haunting Yorkshire moors. Fennell leans into the novel’s feral energy, making it feel dangerously alive and modern without losing that gothic punch.

Margot Robbie owns the screen as Catherine, delivering a performance that’s equal parts magnetic firebrand and heartbreaking fragility: you’ll hate her, love her, and understand Heathcliff’s descent into madness completely.

Jacob Elordi is a brooding revelation as Heathcliff, all simmering rage and quiet devastation, with Owen Cooper stealing early scenes as the young version of the broken antihero. Hong Chau brings sharp-witted grit as Nelly Dean, Shazad Latif simmers as the polished Edgar Linton, Alison Oliver smolders as Isabella Linton, Martin Clunes grounds it as Mr. Earnshaw, and Ewan Mitchell chews scenery as the dour Joseph.

Fennell, who directs and penned the screenplay, infuses her signature style (think Promising Young Woman’s revenge candy-coated in Saltburn’s opulent decay), turning Brontë’s stormy romance into a feast of lush visuals, pulsing score, and dialogue that snaps like a whip. It’s gorgeous, unsettling, and fiercely romantic, proving once again why Fennell is the filmmaker we can’t stop watching.

If you’re craving a love story that’s as destructive as it is intoxicating, Wuthering Heights demands your weekend. It’s out now… grab tickets, brace yourself, and let the moors pull you under!

Don’t forget you can listen to the entire movie soundtrack by Charli XCX now, too!