Lean fills Great Expectations with a wealth of visual detail and vivid characters and personalities... and he directs with a warmth and humor...
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11/01/08
Great Expectations (1946)
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Reviews Counted: 22
Fresh: 22
Rotten:0
Average Rating: 8.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: This 1946 film is the definitive version of the classic Charles Dickens story of Pip, an orphaned British boy who is befriended by a mysterious benefactor who enables him to become a gentleman of means. Director Lean deftly represents... [More]
Starring: John Mills, Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobson, Jean Simmons
Director: David Lean
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Reviews for Great Expectations
One of Lean's gems, this superb adapation of Dickens is still the vest version (for film or TV), boasting great acting from John Mills and Alec Guinness (who were regulars in helmer's work) and accomplished production values acknowledged with Oscars.
02/23/08
If you want to see how Dickens anticipated the cinema, consider how little had to be done to bring the graveyard meeting between Pip and Magwitch to the screen.
11/06/07
Top Critic The graveyard scene is still a shocker, the details are still astonishingly well assembled, and the performances are wonderful.
11/06/07
This is still the definitive version of Charles Dickens' amospheric and occasionally creepy classic.
01/29/07
Top Critic The definitive adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic is this one from David Lean.
06/24/06
David Lean’s black-and-white masterpiece may be a whirlwind tour of Dickens’ novel, but what a well-performed, economic and atmospheric tour it is.
02/09/06
[A] glowing illumination of the warm and deliciously surprising tale.
05/20/03
Top Critic
A masterful realization of Charles Dickens's novel, this may be the best cinematic translation of the author's work, as well as director David Lean's greatest achievement.
01/01/00
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