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4/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 06/06/2019
The best of the many adaptations of the classic novel, this version of "Great Expectations" is still a stunning work of cinema.
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3/4
mitchellyoung - wrote on 06/07/2011
David Lean's adaptation of the Dickens novel is skillfully directed and acted. The black and white photography is beautiful and many of the scenes are so specifically framed that they contain their own haunting atmosphere. There is no elaborate departure from the book's plot, just simple acting and story-telling that does the trick.
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4/4
woody - wrote on 01/30/2011
This movie is the best example of a classic story done justice on film, and David Lean's other Charles Dickens treatment, Oliver Twist, is almost as wonderful an example. The rich black and white photography is gorgeous, particularly in the heavily shadowed early scenes bewteen the young boy and the ex-con. The cast is superb. Watching it is even more of an experience on the Criterion DVD. I can't imagine how great it would be to see it on the big screen.
