The new “Wuthering Heights” movie hasn’t hit theaters yet. But that's not stopping some from already having strong opinions about it.
According to press about the film (including from USA TODAY), this is not exactly the “Wuthering Heights” you read in high school. This is a sexy "Wuthering Heights." Like... really, really sexy. Did we mention it’s “Wuthering Heights,” but sexy?
That’s basically been the tone for much of the publicity around the R-rated film, which comes out Friday. The Los Angeles Times called the movie a "bold, filthy fantasy." British GQ hailed it "hot and disgusting." And the film's stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi haven’t shied away from teasing the movie's steamy moments in interviews either.
Not everyone, however, is thrilled about a sexy "Wuthering Heights," with some online dissing the adaptation as "massively oversexed" and unfaithful to the original novel. On the other hand, many say they're excited for this "lust worthy" iteration of a literary classic.
Sex and psychology experts say the varying reactions to "Wuthering Heights" speak to something much larger than the film: our culture's vastly different, and often contradictory, attitudes toward sex.
