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By Ted W (1,490) on 28 May 2014

A nice updating of the timeless classic. Pip/Finn becomes an artist rather than a gentleman…

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By Jaime R (504) on 21 Feb 2014

This movie has feeling, it's timeless…

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By Steve T (431) on 15 Feb 2014

I had Great Expectations about this movie - well . . . Moderate Adaptation. Soundtrack - BEST PART OF MOVIE!!! Anne Bancroft - GREAT as Ms…

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By Matthew F. J (1,288) on 27 Dec 2013

I am going to rate this movie independently from the book completely…

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By Augustine H (906) on 26 Dec 2013

The highly modernized adaptation and simplification of character qualities just turned the film into a soulness melodrama…

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By Mesh B (177) on 25 Nov 2013

So beautiful. The plot may be a bit weird but really touching…

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By Ethan H (563) on 09 Nov 2013

This is by far my favorite version of all the Great Expectations book adaptations…

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By Barbara Shulgasser (553) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 12 Oct 2013

Handsome, well-acted, well-written and beautifully directed movie…

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By Tim Brayton (2,283) for Antagony & Ecstasy (1,911) on 21 Sep 2013

Cuarón and company end up throwing all the style they've got at the film... to compensate for a perpetually stalled drama…

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By Eve C (211) on 16 Sep 2013

J'avais beaucoup aimÃ (C) ce film mais j'ignorais que c'Ã (C)tait une version moderne de Charles Dickens…

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By Angie Errigo (463) for Empire (3,446) on 12 Sep 2013

This plays like a collection of translated, stylised scenes rather than a seamless narrative that arouses one's sympathy with Finn or forbearance…

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By Andrew B (2,971) on 27 Jul 2013

Great Expectations? Lower them for this pretty, vacuous mess…

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By Alejandro E (452) on 12 Jul 2013

I'll never read the book but i'm sure this is better. never seen gwyneth paltrow look so sexy and cold and desirable…

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By Antonella T (3) on 14 Jun 2013

I'm sorry that the critics didn't appreciate, but for me is one of my favorite movie…

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By Lilian W (161) on 03 Jun 2013

Alfonso Cuaron is a good director but he ruins his film - A modern take on Dickens' Classic- with unnecessary narration and weak screenplay…

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By Indira S (412) on 05 May 2013

Actually I expect something better than this, but still it's not that bad, Gwyneth's interpretation of Estella was amazing :)…

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By Scott C (2,765) on 03 May 2013

I love Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow, but this movie made no impression on me…

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By Inho C (1) on 11 Apr 2013

Cuaron just over-directs everything and never simply lets a scene sit…

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By Joby D (231) on 20 Dec 2012

This movie would have been better without Gwyneth Paltrow - God is she overrated…

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By Alexander C (2,448) on 07 Dec 2012

A modern-day reworking of Dickens' tale in which a young man leaves his privileged upbringing in Florida and heads to New York City to become…

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