spoiler alert represent i wish i could discuss this without reveal specific plot point and but i can not . sorry . i be look for an imdb review of the george c. scott movie when i stumble across the summary and review for this version . it have so many positive review that i decide to order it even though represent ( a ) while truncate and rush and i think george c. scott embody the tortured nature ( and physical appearance ) of the book rochester to a t while and ( b ) even while look at the dvd cover and i be think isn not timothy dalton too good look for the role . the latter concern be reinforce by the fact that i decide to re read the book while the dvd be on backorder . that say and the minute i start watch this and i be captivate . at first it be disconcert to hear 1840 dialog speak a write with little or no attempt at modernization but dalton and clarke throw themselves into it so thoroughly and that i actually enjoy the fact that the adapter trust the audience to follow archaic speech . to have so much of the book up on the screen be an extra bonus . i know someone who would not watch any version of jane eyre because who want to see a film about a man who keep a poor crazy woman in the attic . frankly and if someone who hadn not read the book stumble across the hour and a half or two hour version and they would think that pretty much all the story entail rochester secret and it affect on everyone around him . luckily and this version be actually about jane eyre whole life . some people have criticize the casting . dalton be too dash while clarke be too reserve . i can not argue against the first point and but he be so in the moment that i believe he be rochester . to me and clarke performance be on the mark . jane eyre be quiet and guard . if one remember the book and so much of the adult jane fieriness and passion occurs during her private struggle . some of the criticism baffle me . reviewer say clarke be too short or isn not pretty enough . the book go on ad infinitum about how small and plain jane be . ms. clarke shouldn not be tall and the filmmaker tone down her look to make jane declaration of her lack of beauty credible . she can scarcely help it if dalton be tall . some say there be no chemistry between the lead . what . the scene when jane finally come out of her room after the wedding fiasco fairly vibrate with passion and longing and sadness and regret and that just the first example that come to mind . i do agree with some of the other criticism . i too miss more scene with helen burn and the river sibling . some of the dialog be oddly truncate . when rochester declares and jane and you misjudge me . i do not hate her because she be mad and i wait for the rest of the exchange when rochester explain how if jane be to go mad and he would still love and care for her . it a powerful moment in the book and and i wish it have be include . i think it be a mistake to bring a scene with rochester into the part of the story where jane be on her own . it might have be do for clarity sake and but i find it jar . i want the sly humor of the scene where jane opines that rochester ardor will cool and he will become gruff again and but he may like her again by and by . dalton performance be so good that the rare misstep be glare when rochester weeps in the library and i saw him a an actor do a cry scene and not a rochester . a for the set and if anyone have ever catch an episode of the 1960 show dark shadow and one know what to expect very stark and sometimes rickety look interior . others have comment thoroughly and succinctly about the make up job rochester sport at the end . yikes . it be bad . the conclusion be too abrupt . after all that anguish and suspense and i want a more rounded off end . and and on my copy of the dvd and have credit at the beginning and end of all eleven 25 30 minute episode get to be a bit much . that say and i be so glad i have this film and will watch it again and again .