Critic Reviews
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Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
It's hard to know where to aim the praise first. |
| 100 |
Entertainment Weekly Gillian Flynn
Dark, textured, and lively--this is how Dickens is done. [20 Jan 2006, p.66] |
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New York Daily News David Hinckley
Fabulous in every respect. |
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USA Today Dennis Moore
While a quintessential Masterpiece Theatre production, Bleak House doesn't indulge in the languid pacing and preciousness that weigh down some other PBS period pieces. |
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Wall Street Journal Nancy DeWolf Smith
Perhaps the most glorious Masterpiece Theater of all time. |
| 100 |
Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm
The perfect marriage of television and literature. |
| 90 |
Time James Poniewozik
This is law drama such as Boston Legal's David E. Kelley can only dream about. |
| 90 |
Village Voice Joy Press
This spectacular six-part adaptation of the lit classic feels more like a plush Jane Austen tale than Dickens. |
| 90 |
New York Magazine John Leonard
Splendid television. |
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The New York Times Alessandra Stanley
As pleasurable as its tale is grim. |
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TV Guide Matt Roush
The only bleak aspect to this miniseries is that it doesn't last forever. |
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Hollywood Reporter Laurence Vittes
If there is any criticism to be made, it is that the opening half-hour plunges the unsuspecting viewer into an unfamiliar foreign world of soot and grime and foul deeds and motives. Once settled in, however, this is very addictive television, indeed. |
| 80 |
Chicago Tribune Sid Smith
This "Bleak House" is sublimely bleak, as well as richly textured, superbly acted and intermittently funny. Fans of the epic adaptations that have long been the bread and butter of "Masterpiece Theatre" won't want to miss it. |
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Variety Brian Lowry
Those who wade through the slow-going first three or four hours of this stately production will be richly rewarded by the engrossing final four. |
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