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Hi, I'm Dana Stevens, Slate's movie critic, and I'm here with the Slate Spoiler Special podcast on Jane Eyre, the new 2011 version directed by Carrie Fuk Fukunaga, and starring Mia Wasukowska.

It's a lot of syllables so far.

And Michael Fassbender.

Joining me here in the studio is Lizzie Skernick.

Hi, Lizzie.

Hi, Dena.

Do you want to introduce yourself as far as what you do, blogger, writer, critic, extraordinaire?

Done.

Yeah.

I'll mention my book because my publisher likes it. I'm the

author of Shelf Discovery, a memoir about teen reading. Which is actually kind of perfect for this.

Totally. It doesn't have Jane Eyre, but it could. Well, Jane Eyre is essentially the 1810 version of same, right? Or no, everybody's going to write in that I got completely the wrong date.

When was Janeair written?

I had 1810 in my brain, too.

Wait, I happened to have my very, it's missing its entire back, my very old paper back here.

Oh, 1847.

So we saw this together yesterday.

We agreed that we would not exchange a word about it until we got into the studio.

But overall, good impression, bad impression?

I loved it.

I actually, right up until the end, I really, I enjoyed the entire thing.

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