New 'Wuthering Heights' Film Opens to Strong Box Office and Mixed Critical Reception

Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi developed intense chemistry filming 'Wuthering Heights'

By Janelle Ash · 5d ago

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42%

Headline Bait

38%

Article heavily emphasizes the romantic personal chemistry between the leads, framing their professional relationship through language of obsession and dependence. The narrative prioritizes behind-the-scenes mythology over film analysis. Promotional elements (custom rings, shrines) are presented uncritically as heartwarming rather than as calculated marketing.

Narrative FramingAppeal to EmotionSelective Omission

“'I remember the first couple days on set, he would just be like, always in the vicinity of where I was, but in a corner watching. On the third day, I found myself starting to look around to see where he was.'”

“Eloridi felt that the pair had a 'mutual obsession.'”

Slate Center-Left

She Owned the Summer of 2024. Now She's Back to Claim the Winter.

By Carl Wilson · 5d ago

Bias Score

38%

Headline Bait

42%

Article uses the film primarily as a vehicle to discuss Charli XCX's career trajectory and cultural moment. The framing treats the film as a strategic move in the musician's brand management rather than as an artistic work. Language like "the problem itself" when discussing Brat's overexposure reveals a sympathetic, insider perspective on celebrity challenges.

Narrative FramingContext StrippingSelective Omission

“She's now at risk of being washed, of her long-cultivated cool turning to cringe after Brat became a brand, an overexposed iconography”

“While it's a pleasant memory, a repeat of Brat's mode of cocaine confessionals and purgative party jams would seem quite inapt for the current mood.”

Forbes Center

'Wuthering Heights' Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score Slips Past 'Barbie'

5d ago

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35%

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25%

Article emphasizes positive audience reception and frames the critic-audience gap as validation for the film. The selective focus on favorable reviews and the phrase "great signifier" when comparing to Barbie reveals subtle promotional framing. Box office predictions are presented optimistically without sufficient context.

Selective OmissionNarrative Framing

“Notably, it's even higher than Barbie's 83%, which is a great signifier given how well that film was generally received, and how much it went on to make. Very impressive.”

“So far as we can tell, Wuthering Heights is still set for a big, #1 opening, blasting past the sure-flop Crime 101”

Salon Center-Left

"Wuthering Heights" is a reader's dream

By Coleman Spilde · 5d ago

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32%

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15%

Positive critical analysis that celebrates Fennell's "audacious" approach and frames the film as superior to audience expectations. The article adopts the director's perspective sympathetically and uses elevated language to describe what others might view as excess. The framing positions skeptical viewers as wrong for their hesitation.

Narrative FramingLoaded Language

“Fennell's adaptation is all the better for it. Instead of a finale that reveals the film as a reader's rendering, Fennell goes so far as to craft a highly visual world that still feels extravagant and imaginative”

“Fennell's film brings Brontë's novel to life in a way that few book-to-screen adaptations dare to do, reminding us that our fantastical idea of a book can be just as meaningful as the author's.”

Daily Mail Center

Wuthering Heights review: Emerald Fennell takes radical liberties

By Matthew Bond · 5d ago

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28%

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Review that acknowledges the film's provocative nature while maintaining critical distance. Uses some loaded phrases ("bonkers," "stifle a giggle") but balances criticism with appreciation. The framing leans slightly toward finding merit despite reservations, but remains substantive and fair.

Loaded Language

“Bronte purists are likely to be appalled by the radical liberties taken with the actually quite difficult-to-read book.”

“But this is a 21st-century woman's reworking of a 19th-century woman's novel, and if romping in the heather is not quite your cup of tea, there's always the costumes and production design to admire”

USA Today Center

'Wuthering Heights' ending makes major change from Emily Brontë's book

5d ago

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25%

Headline Bait

20%

Factual reporting on the film's narrative changes with direct quotes from the director explaining her choices. The article presents the information neutrally, though the focus on what was cut rather than what was included creates slight negative framing. Generally balanced and informative.

Narrative Framing

“'It's such a dense, complicated piece of work,' Fennell says. Adapting it was always 'going to be really difficult. I had to kill a lot of my own darlings in order to make the story work in two hours.'”

“In Fennell's movie, the infant Cathy is never born. The film ends with Catherine suffering from sepsis and having an apparent miscarriage, bleeding out in her bed.”

South China Morning Post Center

Wuthering Heights to Barbie: meet Margot Robbie's stylist, Andrew Mukamal

By Sumnima Kandangwa · 5d ago

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18%

Headline Bait

12%

Fashion profile focusing on the film's stylist and costume choices. While promotional in nature, the article is transparent about its subject matter. Light editorial framing presents the styling work positively but remains factual about the stylist's background and approach.

“The stylist has dressed Robbie in several stand-out corset-heavy looks during her promotional tour, including a black Roberto Cavalli minidress with dramatic billowing sleeves”

“While Barbie was pink and playful, Mukamal really leaned into the dark romance for Brontë's masterpiece.”

The Guardian Center

From Wuthering Heights to Mario Tennis Fever: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

5d ago

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12%

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Brief entertainment listings entry that provides factual information about the film's release with light descriptive language. The phrase "leave no height unwuthered" is playful but not meaningfully biased. Minimal editorial framing.

“Margot Robbie is Cathy while Jacob Elordi takes on Heathcliff, and as you might expect from the film-maker behind Saltburn, the passionate pair are set to leave no height unwuthered.”

BBC News Center

Wuthering Heights' Margot Robbie is a big fan of Gavin & Stacey

By Nicholas Bourne · 5d ago

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Headline Bait

18%

Straightforward entertainment news reporting about Robbie's comments on a UK sitcom. The article provides factual information about the Gavin & Stacey connection and briefly mentions the film's opening without editorial framing. Minimal bias present.

“Hollywood star Margot Robbie has revealed she has a major passion for BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey.”

“The film has been the subject of some controversy since it was first announced, over its casting and other creative choices made, but reviews see critics divided.”

New York Post Center

'Wuthering Heights' dominates box office with $11M gross after one day

4d ago

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10%

Pure box office reporting with no editorial commentary or framing. Lists opening weekend numbers and competing films factually. This is straightforward entertainment business news with essentially zero spin.

“'Wuthering Heights' dominated the box office on its opening weekend, with gross sales hitting $11 million, according to The Numbers.”

“Coming in at No. 2 was the animated animal sports flick 'GOAT,' which took home $7.1 million in its first week in theaters.”

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