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Jane Eyre: Season 1
  • Network: BBC-1 , BBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 24, 2006
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
75 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.9 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 33 Ratings

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10 out of 10
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  • Starring: Toby Stephens, Ruth Wilson
  • Summary: The oft-filmed Charlotte Bronte novel is re-imagined once again as a BBC-produced Masterpiece Theatre miniseries.
  • Genre(s): Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    100
    Even if you know Jane Eyre, you don't know her like this.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Barry Garron
    90
    Scene after scene transports viewers across time and space to a place made vivid and real. By doing all this, the robust, two-part, four-hour "Masterpiece Theatre" program raises the bar for future "Jane Eyre" productions to a level that will not be easily hurdled.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    60
    The casting of the leads is a bit disappointing.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 24
  3. Negative: 1 out of 24
  1. GraziB
    10
    I would just add that these actors give us the best Jane and the best Rochester that I've seen. The scene, when they reveal their love for each other is one of the most romantic I've ever watched. I've cried myself out. Perfect entertainment!!!!!!!!!!… Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  2. AriM
    6
    I almost wonder if I watched the same thing everyone else did! Jane Eyre is one of my favorite books, but everything I really love about it seemed largely diminished or missing from this production. The only really interesting thing I found was the portrayal of the ward, Adele. Though she is not exactly a central character of the book, she stole every scene she was in. I was only hoping she wouldn't be annoying, but she was actually endearing and entertaining. Unfortunately, jane Eyre wasn't.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  3. AliceW
    2
    I am so disappointed in this version that I hardly know where to begin. Jane's childhood and time at Lowood are raced through at such a frantic pace that there's no time for character development. The production adds things that never happened , changes those that did, and dwells on the relatively unimportant (Rochester's affair with the Adele's mother) at the expense of the more crucial events. Dialogue is "updated" and watered-down, and neither of the main characters resembles Bronte's description. This is not at all a "faithful retelling." Viewers' time would be better spent going back to the Timothy Dalton version or, better yet, reading the book.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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