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Title:Great Expectations


Date: 2012
Type: Historical drama
Rating: 4 Stars 4/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Mike Newell
Producer:

Comment
A young orphan is apprenticed to a blacksmith and then an annonymous benefactor takes him to London to make his a gentleman, all this against a backdrop of his unrequited love for a woman and her eccentric relative. Mike Newell has produced a good version of the Dickens story, with good production, visuals and suitably atmospheric lighting. It is also helped by the strong performances from the supporting cast, notably Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham-Carter and Robbie Coltrane. The film manages to tell the story and retains the Dickensian feel and view of London.

Actors

Jeremy Irvine
Holiday GraingerHolliday Grainger
Helena Bonham-CarterHelena Bonham-Carter
Robbie ColtraneRobbie Coltrane
Bebe Cave
Jessie Cave
Ralph FiennesRalph Fiennes
Jason FlemyngJason Flemyng
Sally HawkinsSally Hawkins
Kate LockKate Lock
Tamzin OuthwaiteTamzin Outhwaite
Sophie RundleSophie Rundle
David WalliamsDavid Walliams

Oscars

None
Novel

Charles Dickens
Great Expectations