MTV's Wuthering Heights

Starring:Erika Christensen, Mike Vogel, Christopher Masterson, Johnny Whitworth, Katherine Heigl, John Doe, Aimee Osbourne, Katelin Petersen, Adam Taylor Gordon, Seth Adkins, Thomas Delauney, Michelle Deliz, Cordelia GonzÃ¡lez, Edward Marshall
Director: Suri Krishnamma
Studio: MTV
Product Type: DVD

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With MTV and Emily Bronte in the credits of this television movie, one's expectations are automatically set at a realistic level. This is a teen-angst version of Bronte's star-crossed novel, with lots of cute young people and heavy breathing. Luscious Erika Christensen plays Cathy, who grows up alongside the rough, passionate Heath (Mike Vogel), a lost boy who wants only to play his kind of rock & roll. The fates, of course, will not allow their true love to blossom, although they allow quite a few of his songs to get on the soundtrack. Some genuinely spectacular seaside locations (in Puerto Rico) form the backdrop for the creaking dialogue and Jim Steinman's typically melodramatic music. It's pretty grisly unless you're 14 years old and cherish "Total Eclipse of the Heart." Cultural note: Aimee Osbourne, the Ozzy daughter who opted out of the Osbournes series, takes a small role. --Robert Horton

Customer Reviews:

Unsure at first.......2006-12-31

At first I just wanted to see this movie because Mike Vogel is in it. And he is sexy. But I really enjoyed the movie overall-some scenes are cheesy. But what can you do? MTV made the film so it's a pretty decent watch.

Tears all the way to my neck.......2006-11-18

I haven't seen the original one of this, but I saw it for the first time on mtv and i was too late to get the soundtrack unfortunately but amazing soundtrack by the way - i will crumble - so beautiful - and the movie omg - just cry cry cry all the way through - i love it so much - cute guys, AMAZING story, no dull moments

Emily Bronte rolling in her grave D: <.......2006-09-12

Murder was commited here by MTV and the victim's name is classic English Literature.

This is by far the WORST insult that MTV could have given to a respectable writer like Emily Bronte and they have the audacity to call it "an MTV original". All they did was butcher her only literary masterpiece into an abominable high school drama for kids to enjoy. If Emily Bronte were to raise from her grave today to see how badly MTV butchered her only masterpiece, she would have fallen back into it, but not before she had the chance to murder the crew at MTV for such a blasphemy.

Don't waste your time and money by buying this garbage if you are a fan of the original novel by Bronte. It'll only serve to make your eyes bleed and I honestly don't understand how people can give this movie five stars when the characters and story were so horridly portrayed and completely stripped of their essence. If anything, I would recommend the Lawrence Olivier version or the 1992 version with Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes. Those versions atleast manage to stay true to the real essence of the story and its characters.

Words alone cannot even begin to describe how badly my heart ached to see the work of my one my favourite writers of all time get displayed with such vile mediocrity.

one of my favorites.......2006-07-25

I saw this movie on mtv the first time they ran it. I waited for months and months. Immediatly after I saw it I wanted to see it again. It's that good.
I finally found it for 2 dollars at iggle video.
I'm sure you all know this is a modern twist on Wuthering Heights. It's not exactly like the book. But it is a wonderful love story and it will make you cry. From some of the reviews I'm wondering if anyone even saw the same movie I did or if they saw that it said MTV so they decided to rate it bad.

WARNING: Classic Love Romance in MTV Style (and It's from MTV ... Lots of Songs with Shallow Story).......2006-01-27

This is an MTV original movie which takes a daring step - modernized `Wuthering Heights' in MTV style. Modernizing classics can be tricky, and not everyone is happy with DiCaprio's `Romeo and Juliet' of which success must be the reason for the production of this `Wuthering Heights.' Still, I think it is not impossible to make a decent film out of Emily Bronte classic in modern situation. You don't have to be perfectly faithful to the book because it is practically impossible (Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes version tries it but didn't work).

So I bought the video and watched it. My impression is ... Can you give me a refund please? I don't mind if they changed the names. Heathcliff is Heath and Catherine is Cate. "Wuthering Heights" becomes `Heights' the lighthouse by the beautiful seaside. And, see, Heath, formerly an orphan raised by kind Mr. Earnshaw, is so cool a guy that he grows up to be a rock-star. This sounds pretty incredible, but I have to believe this story because Heath is a "musically talented homeless youth," according to the descriptions on the back cover of the VHS. But what is really incredible is not that part.

[LIFELESS CHARACTERS AND DIALOGUES] `I love you' - melodramatic music starts -- `I love you' - music continues: fade out - `No, I wanna go. I hate you!' `You belong with me!' `Let go of me!' `Wait!' `Let go of ME!" -- The story goes on and on like this. There is no chemistry between Heath and Cate, and rich boy Edward is peeping at them through a telescope from his mansion. Cate's brother Hendrix is reduced to awful stereotype of punk rock musician who can smashes a guitar in pieces. As to musical instruments, Edward can be as wild as Hendrix for he can throws a violin-cello into the ocean if he likes. Oh, and the conclusion of the film is pretty weird.

Erika Christensen (`Swinfan'), Mike Vogel (`The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'), Chris Masterson (`Malcolm in the Middle'), Johnny Whitworth (`Empire Records') and Katherine Heigl (`Roswell') appear, but none of them is allowed to show what they can do. There is no chance form the cast from the beginning when the story is so thin, and the romance is so shallow. John Doe and Aimee Osbourne also appear briefly, but can do nothing to save the film from the mess.

Don't waist your precious time of your life as I did, watching this terrible adaptation.

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