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- 1947
- Approved
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 58 m
- 1947
- Approved
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 58 m
Summary A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
Directed By: David Lean
- 1947
- Approved
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 58 m
- 1947
- Approved
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 58 m
Great Expectations
6.7
Summary A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
Directed By: David Lean
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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100% Positive
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
90
100% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
This is still the definitive version of Charles Dickens' atmospheric and occasionally creepy classic.
Lean's masterly film of the classic Charles Dickens novel of success, romance and their dark underpinnings. [18 Jun 2010, p.C3]
Somehow, the fullness of Dickens, of his stories and characters—his humor and pathos and vitality and all his brilliant command of atmosphere—has never been so illustrated as it is in this wonderful film, which can safely be recommended as screen story-telling at its best.
David Lean's classic Cliffs Notes telescoping of Charles Dickens took Oscars for Guy Green's black-and-white photography
and John Bryan's art direction, and you know right off that this is going to be a visual stunner as you watch fleeing prisoner
Magwitch (Finlay Currie) dart across Green's spookily lit marshes. [22 Jan 1999]
The film has a strong style that is very different from Lean's earlier work. He seems to have finally to have let go--to have pulled out all the stops. The film is emotional, exciting, full of action.
The graveyard scene is still a shocker, the details are still astonishingly well assembled, and the performances are wonderful.
Only rabid Dickensians will find fault with the present adaptation, and paradoxically only lovers of Dickens will derive maximum pleasure from the film.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 User Ratings
6.7
71% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 User Ratings
6.7
71% Positive
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
14% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
14% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
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Production Company
Cineguild
Release Date May 22, 1947
Duration 1 h 58 m
Rating Approved
Tagline From the Vivid Pages of Charles Dickens' Masterpiece !
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Picturegoer Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
