Great Expectations
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Metascore
55 out of 100

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7.1 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 19 Ratings

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  • Starring: Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow
  • Summary: An updated version of the story by Charles Dickens, set in modern day New York City.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 24
  3. Negative: 3 out of 24
  1. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Barbara Shulgasser
    88
    Handsome, well-acted, well-written and beautifully directed movie.
  2. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Charles Taylor
    80
    Great Expectations is a triumph because Cuarón's vision prevailed. He seems to be one of those artists capable of reminding us how we first experienced movies, as an overpowering enchantment.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Elvis Mitchell
    60
    Largely because Mr. Cuaron is such a voluptuous visual stylist, this Great Expectations is capable of wonder even when its wilder ideas misfire.
  4. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    33
    The film is proof that if you repackage the classics (in this case, Dickens) for the youth market in an era of MTV dislocation, what you get, in essence, is postmodern Cliffs Notes with an alt-rock soundtrack.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. MarkU
    10
    It is a great movie. I personaly really like it. great casting & music. beatiful movie.
  2. DanielJ
    10
    Excelent movie!!!! remenber me of how people really are!!
  3. RodrigoBGC
    9
    In my review of " The notebook" i said that a love story must be coherent, and i think that this movie is coherent and also realistic, a story of a poor guy who fell in love with a rich girl, it might sound like a cliche, but this movie is just different of every romantic movie with that theme, Dickens wrote a great story and Cuarón always find the way in his camera work to make you appreciate and get involve in the right moment.… Expand
  4. FIlmsareawesome
    8
    I don't know why, but there was something about this movie that made like it so much. Ethan, Gwyneth, Robert and Anne were all fantastic. I loved the Metro Scene and when Finn and Estella find themselves in ms. dinsmoor old house after several years, but overall this movie clicked for me.… Expand

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