''Wuthering High School'' is a 2015 American

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directed by

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and starring

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and

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. It is a modern retelling of

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's 1847 novel, ''

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Plot

Cathy and Heath were friends, as children, and engage in a wild and destructive relationship, as teenagers.

Cast

as Cathy Earnshaw *Andrew Jacobs as

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*Matthew Boehm as Eddie Linton *

as Mr. Earnshaw *

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Reception

Emily Ashby of

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gave the film two stars out of five. Caitlin Gallagher of ''

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'' notes ''"The sunniness of California doesn't match the original novel's moodiness (and broodiness) of the moors in northern England..."'' but observes that the main characters remain unlikeable, as in the novel.

References

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