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01/01/00
Great Expectations (1998)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:12
Rotten:19
Average Rating:5.5/10
Synopsis: A rising artist, flourishing with the help of a benefactor, falls fruitlessly in love with his wealthy childhood playmate, who has grown to be a beautiful coquette. But the nefarious influence of... [More]
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria, Chris Cooper
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Reviews for Great Expectations
Top CriticIn the end, shiny surfaces are just that--surfaces, with nothing necessarily underneath.
03/30/09
It's a fairly minor film, but quite lovely and successful at creating its own time and place.
01/09/09
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01/07/09
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12/31/08
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02/03/07
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02/09/06
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03/25/04
Charles Dickens' novel has been pared to the bone and set in the present day, and the result is a beautifully shot mess. The characters' motivations could not be any less clear.
08/11/03
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05/20/03
The film's exectution is more of a tragedy than the story.
02/08/03
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11/06/02
his film doesn’t have anything to say, it just wants to make a fashion statement: Pretty people should get to do stuff other people don’t get to do.
11/01/02
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10/15/02
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06/18/02
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06/05/02
Sua 'moral' pode até ser simples, como em todas as fábulas, mas o processo pela qual é 'ensinada' é interessante - e espantosamente otimista.
05/31/02
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04/12/02
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03/24/02
Top CriticThe drama has a surface charm and panache that draws out the romantic in all of us.
03/01/02
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