Jane Eyre
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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Critic Reviews

  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. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Dennis Moore
    88
    Love, betrayal, despair, redemption, reconciliation. All of the elements expected of any epic love story are included. The distinction here: The story is splendidly retold.
  5. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Nancy DeWolf Smith
    80
    It's far more beautiful than its predecessors.
  6. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Jim Heinrich
    80
    The casting is close to perfect.... This production of "Jane Eyre" holds its own against any other.
  7. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    60
    Ever respectful of its source, the miniseries doesn't add on sexuality so much as it seeks and finds character depth and dimensionality.
  8. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    60
    The casting of the leads is a bit disappointing.
  9. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    40
    A more than usually steamy "Jane Eyre," it seems to have been made especially to appeal to viewers whose week peaks with "Grey's Anatomy." ... And yet, despite these passages, the production overall comes off as a little dry and dutiful.

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#19 Best TV Season of 2006
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#73 Most Discussed TV Season of 2006
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#43 Most Shared TV Season of 2006

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User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 37 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 37
  3. Negative: 3 out of 37
  1. AriM
    Feb 6, 2007
    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 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.… Full Review »
  2. AliceW
    Jan 22, 2007
    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 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.… Full Review »
  3. HotelCentral
    Apr 16, 2019
    6
    This miniseries is more than twice the length of the 1943 version co-produced by and starring Orson Welles and seems a good deal less expertThis miniseries is more than twice the length of the 1943 version co-produced by and starring Orson Welles and seems a good deal less expert in terms of story-telling and white-washes the death of Jane's friend Helen by showing her death but not the cause for her illness at the hands of a religious extremist. The production does however devote significant swaths of time to camera shots of the beautiful English countryside and beautiful English gardens and beautiful English sun-shiny days without a hint of rain or fog--all of which seem so alien, compared to the 1943 version, that I am just flummoxed.… Full Review »
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