Great Expectations details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Raquel Beau, Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Bancroft, Robert De Niro, Chris Cooper, Hank Azaria, Nell Campbell, Josh Mostel, Marla Sucharetza, Stephen Spinella, Kim Dickens, Isabelle Anderson, Raquel Beaudene, Jeremy James Kissner, Gabr, Gabriel Mick |
| Director: | Alfonso Cuaron |
| Genres: | Drama - General, Romance - General |
| Studio: | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Name | Discs | |
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Great Expectations |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 47 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 04 Feb 2002 |
| Main languages: | English |
| Subtitles: | Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish |
| Hearing impaired subtitles: | English |
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Medium Expectations
By Daniel Carl from Kilmarnock, Scotland , 12 Apr 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
This movie feels a bit flat and patchy and the characterisations are somewhat one dimensional. Paltrow is her usual pretty self, Ethan Hawke plays his usual shifty self and De Niro and Bancroft both go into pantomine mode.
Its all a bit cartoon like and hardly breathes any life into Dickens novel due to its half-hearted mocking style.
Worth a watch if you are a fan of any of the actors in the movie but if you want to watch this in the hope of seeing a top quality yarn then forget it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(33)What the Dickens?
By twosoddingcats (212 reviews) from Kingston-upon-Thames , 10 Dec 2012This is a modernization of the 1860-61 classic by Charles Dickens but not even Gwyneth Paltrow getting naked and Ethan Hawke can save this...it's slow, tedious and mind numbing. Hawke loves Paltrow but Paltrow is a beautiful snob and he never gets his girl....or does he? Anne Bancroft is fabulous however as a jilted old maid.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Great expectations not rewarded
By a customer , 14 Sep 2011I was very disappointed in this very American adaptation of 'Great Expectations'. It lost the brooding quality of the earlier black and white version and the TV serial. It also left too many of the novel's themes out.
The whole focus was on the love story, which didn't convince despite the big name actors involved. Updating Dickens is fine with me but this was flat and boring. Pity. It could have been much more as the photography was beautiful.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Read the book instead
By a customer from Abingdon , 02 Sep 2010I had expected this to be an updated version of the book, but it was simply an American love story. The film didn't grip like the book and I couldn't sympathise with the girl.- Was this review helpful to you?
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If you love the novel, don't watch!
By CPcarlita (1 review) from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire , 06 Jun 2010What irritated me the most about this adaptation was the fact that the producers/script writers etc must have looked at the novel and decided that the only or best aspect of it was the love story between Pip and Estella. How original! The mystery plot-line of the identity of Pip's benefactor is secondary in this film.
Some of the more interesting characters of the novel, such as Wemmick are also absent. Jaggers is present but it is a poor representation of this intriguing character in the novel.
I could go on criticising, but there really is too much to say! All in all, if you appreciate the eloquence and skill of Dickens' writing, then do not watch this American rubbish!!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Ideal as a mid-week film
By Laughingbear (4 reviews) from Wigan , 24 Jan 2010Enjoyed the film but i wouldn't want it to be a Friday/Saturday night staying in film.- Was this review helpful to you?
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