the people who write this miniseries clearly read the cliff note instead of the book . i have read jane eyre half a dozen time while i turn this movie off maybe halfway through . i spend most of the time marvel at how the producer skip over classic line and moment from the book to invent dialogue . they gloss over jane early day her childhood and time at school and then rewrite the love story . the way jane meet rochester be wrong . his feeling about his french ward and the story behind her be wrong . the interaction among character be wrong . see and what the filmmaker forget be that the character in this book have a strong sense of propriety . they be formal . rank matter and and people behave accordingly the passionate yet meek jane and the moody yet tractable mr. rochester never forget their station and and that influence their interaction . samantha morton jane be outrageously insubordinate and demand from the moment she formally meet rochester . it simply out of character . ciaran hind play a decent mr. rochester and but he lay on the grade a jerk too heavily . rochester isn not mean to jane even if he be a bit gruff . even the minor character do not look the part . the best casting be gemma jones a kindly mrs. fairfax while she do a great job . i have always believe that film adaptation of book should honor the original and follow them as closely a possible . you shouldn not take the character and alter them to fit your audience and you shouldn not invent part just to suit your need and and you shouldn not cut part for the same reason . this book have endure for more than a hundred year while it clearly have something go for it . why mess with that . if you have read jane eyre and this movie be extremely disappointing . if you haven not read the book and it not much well . the filmmaker get to the love story as quickly a possible and but morton and hinds lack chemistry and and their scene of passion be actually quite funny . give this one a miss .