Yes, I agree with (almost) all the others -- a great movie. Just saw it for the hundredth time, and I wasn't bored because of the wonderful pacing and economy of storytelling. This picture gets more emotion into ninety minutes than most movies that seem to go on all night. Sim was a great, underrated character actor who had this one opportunity to star and made the most of it (by the way, 2000 is the hundredth anniversary of his birth, if anyone wants to plan a retrospective).
To my surprise, no one has mentioned the wonderful score, by
Richard Addinsell. He assigns motifs to main characters, uses existing tunes like "Barbara Allen" and "Sir Roger de Coverley" to great effect, and perfectly complements the movie. Unfortunately, not now available on CD.
I love David Lean's "Great Expectations" but this is the best Dickens ever put on film.
To my surprise, no one has mentioned the wonderful score, by
Richard Addinsell. He assigns motifs to main characters, uses existing tunes like "Barbara Allen" and "Sir Roger de Coverley" to great effect, and perfectly complements the movie. Unfortunately, not now available on CD.
I love David Lean's "Great Expectations" but this is the best Dickens ever put on film.