Review of Great Expectations (1998) by Daphne Merkin for The New Yorker — 06 Dec 2000
This update has to be one of the most ludicrously dumbed-down versions of a classic to date. But it does have a hip, hybrid soundtrack, and, as directed by Alfonso Cuarón ("A Little Princess"), it's so visually stunning that it's almost gripping in its incoherence.
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This review of Great Expectations (1998) was written by Daphne Merkin and published by The New Yorker on 06 Dec 2000.
Great Expectations has generally received positive reviews.
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