Great Expectations (1998)

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" DVD- 1hr. 52min. First Viewing Its certainly an ambitious film, and I do give it credit for that, but Great Expectations has a difficult time adapting Charles Dickens' classic novel for modern times. The cast is fine, and the production value is exception, but the story feels too strained; the beginning is solid, but falters once it gets to New York. Where they get away with it in the beginning, you can feel the classicism clash with the film's modernism, and the tone feels wobbly at best. It's"

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" • Director:Alfonso Cuarón Artist: Artist Ethan Hawke’s portraits were done by renowned Italian painter Francesco Clemente himself. • "

A good movie

“To be honest, it has been a while since I have seen this flick. In fact, back then , the main reason I wanted to watch the damned thing was because Robert De Niro was involved and, at the time, I had no idea that Alfonso Cuaron would turn out to be one of the most interesting directors of his generation. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, I thought it was a decent watch. I have to admit that my positive rating probably had to do with the fact that this movie was the very first contact I had with this tale and, if I read the book or watched a more heralded adaptation before, I might have didn’t like it so much. Still, I really loved the mood created by Cuaron and the beginning of the movie was quite mesmerizing to behold. Unfortunately, they didn’t manage to keep this up and the r” read more

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" Directed by Alfonso Curano Starring Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert De Niro, Josh Mostel, Chris Cooper, Kim Dickens, Nell Campbell, Drena De Niro, Stephen Spinella, Lance Reddick, Jeremy James Kissner, Raquel Beaudene, Clem Caserta, Gerry Bamman, Francis Dumarier, Peter Jacobson, and Marc Macauley "