Emily

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Emily

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2023

2h 10m

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EMILY imagines Emily Brontë’s own Gothic story that inspired her seminal novel, "Wuthering Heights." Haunted by the death of her mother, Emily struggles within the confines of her family life and yearns for artistic and personal freedom, and so begins a journey to channel her creative potential into one of the greatest novels of all time.

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Critics Consensus

With a bracingly irreverent approach to its story and Emma Mackey bringing Brontë vibrantly to life, Emily is a biopic that manages to feel true while taking entertaining creative liberties.

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Rex Reed

Observer

Mar 8, 2023

2/4

Despite strong visual appeal and a star performance from Emma Mackey this rendering of the Brontë family saga gets almost everything wrong.

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Colleen Morrissey

Chicago Reader

Mar 3, 2023

If one does not look to Emily to adhere too faithfully to historical truth or, indeed, to depict what actual writing is like, then it is a satisfying—or at least benign—story.

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Ty Burr

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Feb 24, 2023

3/4

“Emily” is a good, engrossing watch, and it avoids most (but not all) of the genre’s pitfalls.

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Isabella Trimboli

The Saturday Paper

Sep 9, 2026

While Emily weaves in a couple of the author’s poems, it repeats the sins of many films about writers: it can only imagine the act of writing in the most literal and simplistic terms.

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Jessica Gonzales

Geek Vibes Nation

Jul 17, 2025

8.5/10

Frances O’Connor has crafted a beautiful and spellbinding film with Emily that takes into account both the known facets of Emily Brontë’s personality and the unknown ones that were likely present because she was human.

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Maxance Vincent

Film Speak

Jul 13, 2025

A-

Emily is a spectacular work, anchored by an incredible Emma Mackey, who commands the screen as soon as the film opens.

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Cristina

Mar 12, 2023

An absolutely beautiful movie!

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Mr. Hollywood

Mar 10, 2023

Not a bad movie but it doesnt do much. They took pieces we know of Emily and created a fiction story that doesnt offer an excuse for this movie to really exist. Its not exactly a fun ride to excuse the pointlessness either. Youre left with a movie that didnt do much while watching it or afterwards, if you can even remember you watched it.

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DS

Mar 5, 2023

Nonstop maximum overwrought.

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Fran S

Mar 4, 2023

So imaginative! Grateful that it was created.

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Steve G

Mar 4, 2023

thoughtful, moody, dark - a little slow, but definitely watchable

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constance m

Mar 4, 2023

gorgeous photography, excellent performances, edited so it never/ever got boring like so many self-indulgent films these days get - by big time talents who should know better. And the sound design, elegant and perfect, with music as well as effects that only heightened the tension in scenes so beautifully conveyed with silent visuals of actors of great talent. First rate all around!

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Synopsis

EMILY imagines Emily Brontë’s own Gothic story that inspired her seminal novel, "Wuthering Heights." Haunted by the death of her mother, Emily struggles within the confines of her family life and yearns for artistic and personal freedom, and so begins a journey to channel her creative potential into one of the greatest novels of all time.

Director: Frances O'Connor
Producer: Piers Tempest, Robert Connolly, David Barron
Screenwriter: Frances O'Connor
Distributor: Bleecker Street
Production Co: Ingenious Media, Arenamedia, Tempo Productions Limited, Embankment Films, Popara Films
Rating: R (Some Sexuality/Nudity|Drug Use)
Genre: Biography, History, Drama, Romance
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 17, 2023, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.1M
Runtime: 2h 10m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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