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- 1935
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 2 h 10 m
- 1935
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 2 h 10 m
Summary A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.
Directed By: George Cukor
- 1935
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 2 h 10 m
- 1935
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 2 h 10 m
David Copperfield
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6.6
Summary A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.
Directed By: George Cukor
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Universal Acclaim
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
91
100% Positive
8 Reviews
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0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Directed with restraint and impeccable taste by Cukor, produced by Selznick, David Copperfield is diverse and satisfying intellectually and emotionally, capturing the unparalleled beauty of Dickens's melancholic truths about life's hardships and human survival.
The most profoundly satisfying screen manipulation of a great novel that the camera has ever given us.
This MGM classic remains the most faithful and powerful adaptation of the great Dickens novel.
The movie suffers a bit from the sentimental, violin-underscored valentine approach favored in Selznick movies, but the characterizations, particularly in delivering Dickens' cartoon grotesqueries, are plum. None is better than W. C. Fields, who might be faulted for bringing his own legendary screen persona to Mr. Micawber, but he does so superbly, without sacrificing Dickens' own creation. [13 Aug 1989, p.20C]
Lovely, lavish 1935 adaptation of Charles Dickens' beloved story about a plucky young lad living in 19th century England. [15 Oct 2006, p.E10]
This 1935 adaptation flourishes because of a tasty, idiosyncratic cast (W.C. Fields, Basil Rathbone, Lionel Barrymore) that nicely matches up with Dickens' characterizations, and because of the assured production and direction of David O. Selznick and George Cukor, both at the top of their respective games. [02 Feb 1992, p.G1]
It was almost an adventure to try to bring to the screen the expansively optimistic Micawber, but he lives again in W.C. Fields, who only once yields to his penchant for horseplay.
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 3 Nominations
National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Venice Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
