NPR’s Ella Taylor says about the remake of Jane Eyre:
Cary Fukunaga’s feverishly soulful remake of the multiply remade¬†Jane Eyre rises to most challenges ‚Äî not the least of which is making Mia Wasikowska, a golden child of current cinema, look homely.
Okay, so maybe that isn’t exactly the kind of review you want to lead the charge to help this movie get enough Oscar traction to hold until the end of the year, therefore, I hereby nominate Jane Eyre as the Most Deserving Likely to be Forgotten by Oscar time film.
But why remake Jane Eyre at all you might ask?  Here is a great Patricia Zohn essay on Huffington Post that tells you exactly why: Jane Eyre, a heroine for the ages.