Our Take On Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights
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4.5 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Emerald Fennell has only gone and done it again - made a visually stimulating but emotionally empty film for posh people to coo over. Is it a faithful adaptation of Wuthering Heights? No. Is it an amazing film in its own right regardless? Also no. Do the sets and costumes make up for bad casting and crap script? Unfortunately, this time, I'm afraid it's a no.
In this week's episode, hosts Ione and Gina get to grip with a movie made to try and cause controvery, and answer the question of whether it actually manages to achieve, well anything.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Gina. Hi, Ioni. Hi everyone. I'm Gina, the senior editor of Polyester. And I'm Ayoni, the founding editor and chief of Polyester, and this is the Polyester podcast. A feminist pop culture podcast dissecting the discourse on a weekly basis. And if you didn't know, we record this every week. And for those who skip past this bit, you're missing out and finding out that next week |
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| 0:34.8 | Do we have any reviews, Ione? We do. Five stars, Fave by Junk Journal |
| 0:39.1 | Gali, in the UK. Love the podcast. It's become part of my Monday commute, and I also had so much |
| 0:44.2 | fun at the launch party in December. The podcast always does an engaging and well-researched dissection |
| 0:48.8 | of current pop culture topics, which I love. Keeps me in the loop and super entertaining. P.S. Happy |
| 0:54.1 | birthday, Yoni.S. Happy left day. Ione. |
| 0:55.9 | Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Spotify, we have Ella Kelly, who says, Great Pod is always girls. First time comment to a long time listener. I absolutely love listening to your clever girly chats. As someone who is really quite offline, love, love, love. also I used to be prescribed beta blockers on and off from the age of 14 and consumed them like they're a tick-tacks as they weren't proper |
| 1:15.1 | mental health medication what was that about maybe what was that about thank you sasna says |
| 1:21.7 | can't have shit without it being someone's think peace sorry girl did you see maybe we should try |
| 1:27.0 | thinking do you see on the instagram swipe through where it was all my tweets about Pranel on? I'm not thinking either. I'm thinking today, what are we talking about? Ione. Big things today. Headswell, thinks, forts everywhere. Weathering shites. Dada, da, da, da. Dun, done. Dda-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-havering shites. |
| 1:52.5 | We went to see Emerald Fennell's film on Monday. |
| 1:58.0 | Weathering Heights. |
| 1:59.1 | Weavering Heights, the adaptation of the book by the same name by Emily Bronte. And you will not be surprised here. We did not like it. No, we weren't fans. I'm sorry to Emerald Fennell. I know that like we've been really good pals. She's waiting for years. And like you really care about my opinion. And I know that like it really impacts you when we do these podcasts here on your part. |
| 2:20.4 | But the issue is, is that you don't have a very good artistic output ever. |
| 2:25.4 | And this one is particularly funny because it's probably the best film you've ever made. |
| 2:30.3 | I disagree with that. |
| 2:31.3 | It's the least thinkiest shit in the lineup of turds. |
| 2:35.8 | I disagree. |
| 2:36.6 | I only take it away. |
| 2:38.5 | I thought it was rubbish. |
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