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.

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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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