gretgib Review of Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre (1996)

William Hurt should have won an Oscar for his performance in Jane Eyre

[10/10 · 13 April 2005]

I think that too many people overlook the great acting done by William Hurt in Jane Eyre. I had seen several of his earlier films, and thought that he was an overly dramatic actor; however, the role of Mr. Rochester was a perfect fit for him. He did such a great job of showing both the undesirable and tender sides of his character! He did so with such finesse that he helped to make the girl who played Jane seem to be better suited to the role than she was.(That garden scene when he proposes is done so well and seemed so real-it takes a terrific actor to really pull that off as well as he did.) And he looked so handsome, too. I also liked the ending-he seemed so believably sad until Jane rescues him. I'm not sure about the adaptation aspect or not-I was too entranced by William Hurt's performance.