Great Expectations

2013 • 128 minutes
4.0
136 reviews
69%
Tomatometer
Eligible
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About this movie

From the director of Four Weddings And A Funeral comes this absorbing adaptation of Charles Dickens' beloved novel starring Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes. An orphan who inherits a fortune from an anonymous source moves to London in hopes of finding a promising future -- and love. This lush, satisfying drama also stars Jeremy Irvine, Jason Flemyng and Robbie Coltrane.

Ratings and reviews

4.0
136 reviews
Luiz Prestes Massena Filho
April 21, 2014
I am a Historian, and teacher of the English Literature formed by the University of Oxford, England, UK. I have specialised myself mainly in the British Literature along the last 40 years. I have read and I have written a lot of commentaries of masterpieces of main writers of the English Literature. My favourites writers are: William Sheakespeare, Jane Austen and Charles Dickens. I have read more than 350 times all the masterpieces of Sheakespeare and Dickens, and sincerely, I have loved the film, GREAT EXPECTATIONS. Obviously, there are "slight" differences in some points of the original narrative; nevertheless, more than 75% of that we can watch on this film matches perfectly with that was written originally by Dickens. Humblely, I do suggest to those who want to do any critics about this very film, take time to read the original text of Dickens, at least two times! Simply, amazing, wonderful such a production. Congratulations to the producers of this very film! Powerfully inspiring!!
18 people found this review helpful
Omen Baphy
April 14, 2014
I didn't know they made this but it's always been one of my favorite books and they got helena Bonham Carter so how can you go wrong.
Monique
April 17, 2014
Great expectations, what a let down. Horrible, no real plot at all. Broning not worth seeing. Sorry I normally love this time.period movies.
4 people found this review helpful