The wrong costume drama

Boston Globe reviews Freud’s Couch, Scott’s Buttocks, Brontë’s Grave by Simon Goldhill:

At the Brontë parsonage, which has been upgraded and renovated and restored several times over the years, Goldhill was reminded of some of his earlier travels: “I have spent a lot of time in Jerusalem at sites of religious pilgrimage that are not only back-constructions but back-constructions of things that have never happened and certainly didn’t happen there. . . . Haworth isn’t quite like the Stations of the Cross, but it is worth asking why it continues to have such a pull on the imagination.’’ (Jesse Singal)

Still some more lists:

Wuthering Heights. 
Instead of the usual adaptation, director Andrea Arnold's film is an interpretation of the famous Brontë novel, and an extraordinary and daring one at that. She strips away the layers to reveal the beating heart of the novel: the isolation of Heathcliff and the primal love shared between him and Catherine, reflected in the barren Yorkshire moors. Arnold frequently shoots directly behind Heathcliff's shoulder, forcing the audience to see what he sees, and more importantly, how he is seen. This is an unsterilized and passionate film, that seeks the truth hidden in the dirty corners of the landscape and human behaviour. (Shelagh M. Rowan-Legg in Twitch Film)

Jane Eyre. Charlotte Brontë’s oft-filmed masterpiece is changed around just enough to make it a unique pleasure for discriminating viewers of books turned movies. Wasikowska’s delicate appearance adds to the eeriness of her surroundings in Thornfield Hall as Jane’s tale turns into more of a ghost story than the usual chronicle of romance between two different social classes.
The feminist emphasis that has been overlooked in previous versions comes through absolutely, while still making Jane and Rochester each fully rounded characters. (Andy Bockelman in Craig Daily Press)

Michael Fassbender [was a] sexy classic (Jane Eyre). (Andrea Miller and Emma Badame in Cineplex Movie Blog)

Did the world need another "Jane Eyre" adaptation? Yes, when there's a Jane as good as this. Mia Wasikowska, so good in "The Kids Are All Right" and "Alice in Wonderland" last year, is breathtaking in Cary Fukunaga's softly lit yet passionate drama; showing us the character's youthful innocence, her dreams of a better life and her aching need for love. (Moira MacDonald in The Seattle Times)

 The Western Mail is reviewing the new BBC adaptation of Great Expectations:

OK, Pip did look as if he might be more at home standing outside Hollisters in a fetching pair of surf shorts and he made Estella look as if plain Jane Eyre had stumbled into the wrong costume drama. (Steffan Rhys)

The Malaya Business Insight talks about the upcoming Filipino soap opera Walang Hanggan:

Julia Montes was a last minute replacement for the original choice – who shall be left unnamed forever – as good girl Mara’s arch nemesis Clara in the modernized spin on "Mara Clara." And yet in less than a year, she moved up to being first and only choice to essay the child-woman Catherine in ABS-CBN’s upcoming love epic "Walang Hanggan," yet another retelling of the world literary classic "Wuthering Heights." The German-Filipina looker is not yet 18 and yet she looks 21, 24 even which is probably the age of the character she is slated to play in the aforementioned new soap. Viewers seem to have a hard time buying her as one-half of a teen love team so Julia’s mother network is clearly aiming for solo stardom for this fresh discovery. The box-office take of "Way Back Home" – an attempt to cash in on the hit "Mara Clara" remake – wasn’t something to sing about but are hosannas in order for Julia’s upcoming scorcher opposite actor-of-the-moment Coco Martin in "Walang Hanggan"? Dawn Zulueta made a hypnotically lovely and intense Carmina in the local big screen version of "Wuthering Heights" called "Hihintayin Kita sa Langit" in 1992. Admittedly, Julia has large shoes to fill. (Arnel Ramos)

Becky's Book Reviews posts about Jane Eyre 1944;  kalafudra and CineMarvellous! review Jane Eyre 2011; A Peculiar Influence posts briefly about The Professor; Garvan Hill posts about Jane Eyre, the novel.