what be franco zeffirelli thinking . be hollywood responsible for this travesty and or can i take comfort in the idea that someone who do not speak english a a first language just completely miss the point of charlotte bronte classic . i do not think i can improve on a comment i read below and so i will just paraphrase it represent jane eyre be a great great book and the screenwriter should read it sometime . it true that this movie two lead be sadly miscast . but pity the actor and because the screenwriter leave out all of the best scene . the dialog that make you understand the jane and rochester have a meeting of mind and a share sense of fun . delete from the script . the marriage proposal and the fortune teller . go . the allusion and half joking and half sincerely felt and to jane a a fairy sprite from olde england come to rescue rochester in his despair . eliminate . it be unfortunate that zeffirelli felt the need to completely rewrite the end of the novel and jane interaction with the river family . but it be unforgivable that he have surgically remove the love from one of the best love story ever write . do yourself a favor and go find the 1983 ( . ) mini series with timothy dalton .