![]() It is impossible to fit the entirety of Charlotte Brontë's novel into a single two-hour movie, although it has been tried (rarely with much success). Applying that consideration, maybe we do need this Jane Eyre after all. A better barometer for the necessity of Cary Fukunaga's film, however, might be its less-than-literate box office competition. ![]() It's somewhere in the middle of the pack, alongside its immediate cinematic predecessor, Zeffirelli's 1996 production. ![]() The 2011 edition, a workmanlike effort in which the good choices outnumber the mistakes, is neither the best Jane Eyre nor the worst. It's not only a classic, but a staple as well, and many serious directors are itching to put their imprint upon it. Jane Eyre is like Hamlet: a version arrives every few years without regard to whether a new adaptation is wanted or needed.
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