Review of Great Expectations (1998) by Owen Gleiberman for Entertainment Weekly — 29 Aug 2000
The film is proof that if you repackage the classics (in this case, Dickens) for the youth market in an era of MTV dislocation, what you get, in essence, is postmodern Cliffs Notes with an alt-rock soundtrack.
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This review of Great Expectations (1998) was written by Owen Gleiberman and published by Entertainment Weekly on 29 Aug 2000.
Great Expectations has generally received positive reviews.
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