Rating: PG13
Genre:
Romance
Release Date: 01/27/2004
Sound: DDS
Run Time: 88 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations
Distributor/Studio: Paramount
Leave it to
MTV to cook up a
musical version of
Emily Brontė's brooding 19th century British novel
Wuthering Heights, updated to the 21st century and relocated to Southern California. This time around, the kindly
Mr. Earnshaw (
John Doe), father of spoiled-rotten
Cate (not
Cathy) and
Hendrix (not
Hindley) Earnshaw, lives in a reconverted lighthouse which he has christened Wuthering Heights. One day,
Earnshaw brings home an abandoned child named
Heath (not
Heathcliff), whom he semi-adopts, much to the dismay of his natural son,
Hendrix, but to the delight of the willful
Cate. Upon reaching adulthood,
Heath (
Mike Vogel) declares his love for
Cate (
Erika Christensen), but they are kept separated by the envious
Hendrix (
Johnny Whitworth) and by the covetous
Cate's intention to opt for wealth and security by wedding preppy snob
Edward (not
Edgar) Linton (
Christopher Masterson). The spurned
Heath decides to get even with
Cate by spitefully entering into a marriage with
Edward's sister,
Isabel (not
Isabella, played by
Katherine Heigl), who manages to entrap the sexy
Heath (who has achieved a measure of fame as a
rock singer) with the help of her bitchy best friend,
Raquelle (
Aimee Osbourne), a character with surprisingly no counterpart in the
Brontė original. The original songs were penned by
Jim Steinman, the man largely responsible for
Meat Loaf's classic album
Bat out of Hell. Originally titled
Wuthering Heights, CA, apparently out of concern that somewhere, someone might confuse this opus with the original novel,
Wuthering Heights first aired on September 14, 2003.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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