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Starring Claire Foy, Matthew Macfadyen, Tom Courtenay, Alun Armstrong, Andy Serkis, Emma Pierson, Bill Paterson, Sue Johnston, Russell Tovey, Judy Parfitt, Georgia King, and James Fleet

The BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' serial novel about Little Dorrit, who lived most of her life in debtors' prison with her family, airs as part of Masterpiece Classic season.

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San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman

Little Dorrit is anchored by an extraordinary performance by one of England's best actors. And like "Twist," that central performance is only one of many elements that make Dorrit not only terrific entertainment, but, in some ways, perhaps even better than its source material.

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Entertainment WeeklyAubry D'Arminio

Dorrit is a gripping whodunit, a grand romance, and a timely rags-to-riches-and-back-again tale of financial corruption.

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Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm

Andrew Davies, who made 2006's Bleak House one of the best TV shows of the year, crafts another superb script, with characters and incidents squeezing out the sides, just the thing to satisfy close observers, which anyone joining this maxi mini-series should be.

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The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley

Little Dorrit is as rich at the margins as at the center with strange, and strangely believable, characters from almost all levels of society, rendered in quick, firm strokes.

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New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley

Add strong performances by a dozen major characters, starting with Claire Foy as Little Dorrit, and you've got the kind of production television is often accused of having abandoned.

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Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray

Little Dorrit is the closest TV has to a sure thing: a relatively short-term investment with a satisfyingly large payoff.

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VarietyBrian Lowry

There's so much gaudy talent on display here that those with an appetite for it won't be able to get enough, and Little Dorrit gives them everything they could want in a big, gloriously messy package.

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Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert

Little Dorrit has so many virtues--indelible performances, stirring pathos, and an emotional and psychological heft unusual for Dickens--that you can forgive its one significant flaw.

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Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd

All in all, this is a dynamic, addictive rendition of a complicated novel that catches the spirit of Dickens' "roaring streets" where "the noisy and the eager, and the arrogant and the froward and the vain, fretted and chafed, and made their usual uproar."

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this show is 9.9 (out of 10) based on 10 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Winston L gave it a10:
A great rendition of a great masterpirce. It makes me want to read the book again (and that would be something, since it's over eighth hundred pages long). Still, the acting is superb, the adaptation superb, the sets are well designed. All in all, the best television in many a time.

Lily D gave it a10:
A true masterpiece.

Anna N gave it a10:
Excellent. The best television in a long time.

Rosalie M gave it a9:
Matthew Macfayden is wonderful, as always, superb actor. Need to see more of him in the USA.

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