Jane Eyre

Having watched this film last night I found it slow and dark - dark as in lighting not in content . Directed by Cary Fukunaga, starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender, based on the 1847 novel of the same name by Charlotte Bronte. The content was as accurate as I have seen and Mia Wasikowska has possibly given the best performance of Jane Eyre to date. But somehow it didn't work for me.  Almost two thirds of the film was shot in candlelight and, although atmospheric, became difficult to watch which made the film seem slow. No criticism of the performances though, and Dame Judy Dench was superb as Mrs Fairfax - as usual. The film was apparently shot in mainly in Derbyshire. Northern England – Yorkshire and Derbyshire, the moors and dales – they look like they’re something straight out of a  horror film.  Ten out of ten for atmospherics all the way through.