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16 out of 16 people found this review helpful.

QUITE A TWIST ON DICKENS

Date of Review:  Feb 28, 2000
Review: Gotta admit I didn't even watch this movie when it was on HBO, but the other night with nothing to do I gave it a shot. I mean it is Dickens for Gods sake and I had my share of that in school. What a nice surprise.

Anne Bancroft, as the...
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  4.0

by: susidee34
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Story line, acting
Cons
Missed Ms. Dinsmore in the end
 
16 out of 16 people found this review helpful.

Paintings and Heartbreak

Date of Review:  Mar 2, 2000
Review: Great Expectations (1998) is an interesting and emotionally charged film. Brought into modern times, Dickens' basic storyline and morals prevail in this latest screen adaptation.

In all of the ways that this film succeeds, however, it also...
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  3.0

by: zorak163
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Good acting, great soundtrack
Cons
The directors "vision" gets in the way...
 
10 out of 10 people found this review helpful.

Surpassed my Expectations

Date of Review:  May 30, 2009
The Bottom Line: Great movie, more than I Expected
Review: As an aspiring writer I like to read a wide variety of books, and think it is important to read many of the "classics". So, when I had an opportunity to see the movie and spend my reading time on other books, I took it. I was a bit disappointed as...
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  5.0

by: momofmichael
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
clean and classic
Cons
prisoner scenes could be a bit...
 
67 out of 67 people found this review helpful.

"It is the journey, not its end, that is what teaches."

Date of Review:  Oct 2, 2001
The Bottom Line: At home, alone, nothin' but me and The Fluffy Kitty. No man, no phone, rain on the windowpane. Saved by "Great Expectations"!!!!
Review: One of the drawbacks of dating a cop is the occasional lonely night snuggled up with the VCR and the cat. This movie made such an evening downright enjoyable for me.

As an adaptation of the Dickens classic, Great Expectations succeeds on...
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  4.0

by: thom413
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Sets, plot, beautiful cast and costumes.
Cons
Ethan Hawke is eye-candy - in a film...
 
13 out of 13 people found this review helpful.

a romantic's opinion.

Date of Review:  Oct 6, 2001
The Bottom Line: this is a wonderfully beautiful movie. words can't really give it justice though, so just go out and see it.
Review: Great Expectations was a beautiful movie. I liked it more than the book. It reminded me of my own first kisses, and how much surprise was there, and how much feeling. Unlike most movies, it really captured the emotions involved and the beauty of...
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  5.0

by: Setsuna02
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
beautiful. This movie is the embodiment...
Cons
Nah.
 
8 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

You see Paltrow naked in a Great Film

Date of Review:  Dec 13, 2000
Review: This is the movie adaptation of Dickens' Great Expectations book. It is starring Ethan Hawke, Gwenyth Paltrow, and Robert Deniro. It is a brilliantly written love story that follows the main character played by Hawke through his life as a young boy...
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  5.0

by: KaptinCool
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Great plot, actors, and nudity.
Cons
It starts out a little slow.
 
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Great Expectations - Not Met

Date of Review:  Oct 28, 1999
Review: I waited a long time to see this movie. I was never very excited about it. When it came out I didn't really think much of Gwyneth Paltrow. Since then, I have seen a couple movies where she was good (Sliding Doors, Shakespeare in Love) and so I...
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  3.0

by: aberro
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Gwyneth Paltrow, De Niro, Good twists
Cons
bleak
 
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Great Expectations (they were met)

Date of Review:  Dec 20, 1999
Review: Great Expectations was quite a twist on the typical romance... and, in a way, it is what Dickens had intended. The adaptation is done well, though fascinating elements are added and some of Dickens' power is lost. The story revolves around Finn...
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  4.0

by: Truman2k
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
This is one sexy movie
Cons
Paltrow is a robot
 
63 out of 63 people found this review helpful.

Nice, Very Nice... Someone Please Give Me Mr. Dickens' Phone Number Right Now!

Date of Review:  Oct 4, 2001
The Bottom Line: Another "modern adaptation craziness" series that makes me reach out for Prozac and a good book... Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, for example.
Review: Unconventional adaptation of Charles Dickens? Great Expectations became just another attempt to interpret classics in a new ?modern? way. Standing in line with Romeo + Juliet, Cruel Intentions, O, etc., it meets some expectations, but urges to read...
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  3.0

by: kuuleimomi
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Hawke is a good actor, Clemente is a...
Cons
Screenplay, some camera work,...
 
7 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

Great Expectations turned out not to be so great!

Date of Review:  Oct 6, 2000
Review: I didn't care for this movie at all. Previously, before buying the movie, I had read the book. And frankly, the book is a snore, a bomb, and one of the worst things I've ever read. Someone reallly needs to update it. But the movie obviously is not...
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  2.0

by: raptors5555
Recommended to buy: No

Pros
interesting in parts
Cons
dull boring overall
 

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