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Great Expectations

  • 20122012
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 8m
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6.3/10
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Great Expectations US Poster (2013)
A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
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A series of events change the orphaned Pip's life forever as he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman.A series of events change the orphaned Pip's life forever as he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman.A series of events change the orphaned Pip's life forever as he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman.
IMDb RATING
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    • Mike Newell
    • David Nicholls(screenplay)
    • Charles Dickens(novel)
  • Stars
    • Toby Irvine
    • Ralph Fiennes
    • Jason Flemyng
    • Mike Newell
    • David Nicholls(screenplay)
    • Charles Dickens(novel)
  • Stars
    • Toby Irvine
    • Ralph Fiennes
    • Jason Flemyng
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    • 51User reviews
    • 107Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
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    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award

    Videos5

    International Version
    Trailer 2:18
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    Pip and Estella Share a Kiss
    Clip 1:05
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    "Pip and Magwitch"
    Clip 1:11
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    "A Confession"
    Clip 0:47
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    "Behind the Scenes"
    Featurette 5:00
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    Photos175

    Ralph Fiennes in Great Expectations (2012)
    Helena Bonham Carter in Great Expectations (2012)
    David Walliams in Great Expectations (2012)
    Jeremy Irvine in Great Expectations (2012)
    Holliday Grainger and Ben Lloyd-Hughes in Great Expectations (2012)
    Helena Bonham Carter in Great Expectations (2012)
    Ralph Fiennes in Great Expectations (2012)
    Ralph Fiennes in Great Expectations (2012)
    Jeremy Irvine in Great Expectations (2012)
    Holliday Grainger and Jeremy Irvine in Great Expectations (2012)
    Great Expectations (2012)
    Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Holliday Grainger, and Jeremy Irvine in Great Expectations (2012)

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    Toby Irvine
    • Young Pip
    Ralph Fiennes
    Ralph Fiennes
    • Magwitch
    Jason Flemyng
    Jason Flemyng
    • Joe Gargery
    Sally Hawkins
    Sally Hawkins
    • Mrs. Joe
    William Ellis
    William Ellis
    • Compeyson
    David Walliams
    David Walliams
    • Mr. Pumblechook
    Bernice Stegers
    Bernice Stegers
    • Mrs. Hubble
    Tim Freeman
    • Mr. Wopsle
    Alan Rushton
    • Mr. Hubble
    Sheila Simpson
    • Mrs. Wopsle
    Ralph Ineson
    Ralph Ineson
    • Sergeant
    Steve Morphew
    Steve Morphew
    • Soldier
    Helena Barlow
    Helena Barlow
    • Young Estella
    Richard James
    • Cousin Raymond
    Roberta Burton
    • Mrs. Raymond
    Helena Bonham Carter
    Helena Bonham Carter
    • Miss Havisham
    Bebe Cave
    • Young Biddy
    Pooky Quesnel
    Pooky Quesnel
    • Sarah Pocket
      • Mike Newell
      • David Nicholls(screenplay)
      • Charles Dickens(novel)
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    • Trivia
      Helena Bonham Carter stated in an interview that she wore only one shoe for the filming of Great Expectations, as in the book, Dickens described Miss Havisham as wearing only one shoe.
    • Goofs
      At the very beginning when Pip is running towards the camera he steps into a muddy hole where there seems to be large wide modern tyre marks.
    • Quotes

      Jaggers: To be guilty, and to be found guilty, are different things.

    • Connections
      Featured in 56th BFI London Film Festival (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      Stradella Quadrille
      Written by Johann Strauss Sr. (as Johann Strauss I)

      Performed by Christian Pollack & Slovak Sinfonietta

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    7/10
    Well-Planned Adaptation That Loses its Way a Little Towards the End
    Thematically speaking, Mike Newell's GREAT EXPECTATIONS depicts a world in which money talks: where rich n'er-do-wells such as Bentley Drummle (Ben Lloyd-Hughes) manage to find the girls of their choice, while fundamentally good people such as Pip (Toby/ Jeremy Irvine) end up unlucky. To survive in this world, Pip has to shed his humanity; this is especially evident in his offhand treatment of Joe Gargery (Jason Flemyng), when the blacksmith comes to visit him in London. Likewise Estella (Helena Barlow/ Holliday Granger) is brought up in a world where any display of emotion or human feeling is considered weak; hence she believes it is her destiny to marry Bentley, even though the couple are not in love with one another. The quintessential representative of this rapacious world is Jaggers (Robbie Coltrane), who believes that everything - including human beings - are to be bought and sold for money. Hence Joe Gargery should be happy to accept twenty-five guineas in exchange for Pip. Unless you've got money, you'll not have any Great Expectations. Newell's film is also very good at depicting the relationships between Pip, Estella and Miss Havisham (Helena Bonham Carter) - although somewhat young for the role, Bonham Carter comes across as a fundamentally vindictive person, who enjoys playing with Estella and Pip's feelings in revenge for her own frustrations at being jilted on her wedding-day several years previously. As with most BBC- inspired costume dramas, the sense of place is beautifully evoked, even though Jim Clay's production designs; nineteenth-century London is a teeming, threatening world in which self-interest prevails. This is contrasted with the rural Kent coast where Joe and his sister (Sally Hawkins), a lonely world of sprawling landscapes and russet sunsets. Perhaps the only criticism that might be leveled at this adaptation is the fact that David Nicholls' screenplay runs out of steam somewhat: the plot-details are rather hurriedly wrapped up in the last half-hour at the expense of characterization and atmosphere. This is a shame, as it deflects out attention from the developing relationship between Pip and Abel Magwitch (Ralph Fiennes), which proves beyond doubt that compassion is far more significant than money to ensure human survival.
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    • Release date
      • November 8, 2013 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
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      • Englefield House, Theale, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • BBC Films
      • Unison Films
      • Lipsync Productions
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    • 2 hours 8 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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