Emma Mackey is splendiferous in this frequently scintillating and teen-friendly biopic about Wuthering Heights author Emily Brontë. That said, much about Frances O’Connor’s directing debut is disappointing.
O’Connor, who also wrote the screenplay, seems to think that being on Team Emily means sticking the boot into her sisters, Charlotte and Anne. Even worse, she gives Emily a good-in-bed boyfriend. The film wants to be modern, but the logic that underpins it (where there’s passion, there must be a penis) is old hat.
