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Tenant of Wildfell Hall
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304645635
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6304645635
Label: 20th Century Fox
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: November 04, 1997
Running Time: 160 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: October 26, 1997
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Editorial Review:
The BBC adaptation of Anne Bronte's moral tale The Tenant of Wildfell Hall will be a delight to those who revel in classics brought to the screen. Tara Fitzgerald stars as Helen Graham, a secretive woman who seeks independence for herself and her son from her cruel husband, Arthur Huntingdon. Huntingdon, a rake taken with women and drink, is played to perfection by Rupert Graves, believable as both the young lover who seduces Helen and as the depraved and brutish man he becomes. Toby Stephens is Gilbert Markham, the suspicious yet adoring yeoman farmer smitten with the supposed widow. The scenery and costumes of this period piece are lush, although the use of flashback as a narrative device is at times jarring. This tale is darker than the Jane Austen adaptations that BBC audiences are used to, yet the two-part film has an ending satisfying enough for even the most cynical of romantics. --Jenny Brown
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The Tenant of Wildfell
The BBC production of this Anne Bronte novel is excellent.
Fine cast (especially Toby Stephens and Dame Judy Dench)
I fully enjoyed this DVD.
Rating: - Tennant Of Wildfell Hall
Anne Bronte is an early proponent of women's rights. Although least known of the Bronte sisters Anne seems to be the most intelligent of the three. This is a wonderful story of a young woman who finds herself locked into a marriage with a very rich abusive husband, her struggles to escape his control & begin again in life as an independent woman. I would highly recommend 'The Tennant Of Wildfell Hall' to any Bronte/period piece enthusiast
Rating: - Addictive and Delightful
I thoroughly enjoyed and can highly recommend this film to anyone who likes BBC period films. Let me preface by saying that this is not Jane Austen but Anne Bronte so it does not contain the usual whimsical characters bantering back and forth with witty repartee. This film is dark and somber and very chilling, however, the stellar cast and the storyline will draw you in and keep you enthralled until the final conclusion. How can you pass up any film that stars Tara Fitzgerald, Rupert Graves (who ... Read More
Rating:  - Wonderful story
I throughly enjoyed the "Tenant of Wildfell Hall". It was a wonderful story with great characters.
Rating:  - Worst BBC movie
This is the worst BBC movie I have ever seen. When I order one of those classic Jane Austen-style movies, I expect something "clean" that I could watch with children in the house. I did not expect or desire to view bedroom scenes in a period film, especially scenes containing sexual perversion and depravity. I guess they wanted to show how demented the heroine's husband was, but the scenes were disturbing and I wish I had never seen that movie.
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