Great Expectations
The movie follows Pip, a humble orphan who becomes a gentleman with help from a mysterious benefactor. The chance also opens the door for him to meagerly pursue the lovely, yet hard-hearted Estella, though fate or something darker seems to be keeping them apart.
1977, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
1988, UK
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1990, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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26 May 1966, Golders Green, London, England, UK
22 July 1997, London, England, UK
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April 29, 2014
While Mike Newell's adaptation of "Great Expectations" isn't a terrible one by any means, there just isn't enough here to make it worth the time of sitting through a story that's already been done many times over.
November 10, 2013
It is skillfully made and adeptly performed; even so it doesn't really add anything to the canon.
November 08, 2013
It's not clear what this re-do adds except another line to these actors' resumes.
December 05, 2013
... has the feel of a very well done History Channel production. Which doesn't make it bad, only superfluous.
May 31, 2016
The film is always gorgeous. Even the realistic vileness of pre-sewerage-system London streets are a wonder to look at.
November 14, 2013
The crucial central roles go wanting.
November 08, 2013
This Great Expectations is an absorbing addition to the roster of Dickens films that continues our 21st-century fascination with the worlds created by a 19th-century storyteller.
May 05, 2015
This business-like adaptation hums along about as well as a movie can when it has no real reason to exist.
November 22, 2013
It somehow feels more suited for the 'Masterpiece Theatre' crowd than for the multiplex.
November 08, 2013
Honors the source while making some small but significant alterations.
December 01, 2013
In a culture already awash with so much Dickens, another take on 'Great Expectations' needs to be a real pip (forgive me) to be worth the trouble.
November 08, 2013
Director Mike Newell approaches the sprawling bildungsroman with a stiff formalism, sacrificing all cinematic excitement for the sake of exalting great performances.
