Brightlyme i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

Manthast Absolutely amazing

Kodie Bird True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Celia A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Councillor3004 Rushed and incomplete, yet compelling and interesting enough, this 1943 version of Charlotte Bronte's classic novel works as an adaptation only because of the actors who embody their respective characters with a fierce engagement. The film often reduces itself to rehearsing the major plot points of the novel without paying closer attention to what made characters like Jane, Mr. Rochester, Blanche or Mrs. Reed so memorable. As a result, the film has its shortcomings and could have used an addition of a few more minutes to its runtime, but thanks to Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles in the leading roles, as well as Elizabeth Taylor, Hillary Brooke and Agnes Moorehead in memorable supporting performances, Robert Stevenson's "Jane Eyre" is still worth watching - as long as you are familiar with the source material and don't allow this to become your first encounter with the story of Jane Eyre.

k-lance2 "Jane Eyre" starring Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, and Margaret O'Brien is a gret film. It is a very powerful film and shows how poorly Jane is treated her whole life. I really enjoyed the cinematography and thought that this movie displayed that pretty well.Joan Fontaine played an exceptionally well role in the movie as Jane Eyre. She played the role of a girl who was treated poorly and had a bad life because back then that's how society was. I really enjoyed this movie because at first it seemed like it was going to be a bad movie and then it becomes a sweet and romantic movie and that really surprised me.

TxMike I found this movie on Netflix streaming movies. The novel of the same title has been popular for a long time and there have been a number of movie adaptations. I don't read much fiction and have not read this, but it seems that it must follow the book fairly closely because at various points we see part of a page of the novel.Jane Eyre is an orphan in 1820s England and has the misfortune of being taken in by her mean aunt, her deceased father's sister. At about 10 she is sent to an orphanage and school for trouble children. But she has a good spirit, she will not be broken, and she learns well. Enough that she is asked to be a teacher when she was about 20. An interesting small part is Jane's new friend Helen, who gets sick and dies. That part is played by 10-yr-old Elizabeth Taylor, only about a year before she hit it big in National Velvet.The young adult Jane is played by Joan Fontaine. She refuses the teaching job at the oppressive orphanage and goes out on her own, finding a job as a governess for a wealthy widow. He is Orson Welles as Edward Rochester. He is supposed to be maybe 15 years older than she, but in fact the two actors are only two years apart, but Welles always did look older than his chronological age.It is the traditional story, playboy Edward comes and goes, has a very rough exterior, but Jane sees something in him that captivates her heart. She would love to be his bride but it seems doomed when it is revealed he is already married, his wife went crazy and is kept in a barricaded room in his castle-like mansion.The film being 1943 is a throwback to the black and white days when inventive lighting and camera angles heightened the drama and punctuated the suspense. Both Welles and Fontaine are super in their roles. Welles of course is mostly known for his Citizen Kane but this is an opportunity to see him as an actor and he is quite something to watch.

BatBanks Smith After having unhappy childhood, a young governess employee in Thornfield Hall as governess to a young girl and falls in love with her brooding father, but their happiness is prevented by his mysterious past connect to who is residing in Thornfield tower.The movie is boring and consider to best version of Jane Eyre. Orson Welles did excellent job as brooding and arrogant Rochester. Joan Fontaine is all right as Jane Eyre (Fontaine is cute, but she has plain feature), most of the cast is okay, watch for Elizabeth Taylor as Jane's friend, Helen in orphanage/boarding school when she was a little girl.