'Wuthering Heights' with first black Heathcliff mostly wins critics
Huffington Post - So far, the critics agree there is something ingenious about Arnold's bare-bones, naturalistic take on the Gothic romance...
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Andrea Arnold switches out the modern urban grit of her last indie darling “Red Road” for the classic rural grit of what’s sure to be her next indie darling, “Wuthering Heights.” So far, the critics agree there is something ingenious about Arnold’s bare-bones, naturalistic take on the Gothic romance.
Her decision to cast relatively unknown actors and actresses seems to have paid off too, with most critics paying kudos to the pair manning the young Heathcliff and Cathy (first-timers Shannon Beer and Solomon Glave).
The biggest surprise windfall: her unorthodox Heathcliff, who for the first time in adaptation history, is black. Glowing praise aside, there’s some who find it slightly too austere, too filmic and too modern for its own good.
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