Review of Great Expectations (2013) by Dawdlingpoet — 08 Jan 2022

This is quite a well made period drama - it certainly looks like it had a decent budget. There's a good cast and it feels suitably atmospheric. Its a somewhat thoughtful film I suppose, given the story, a fairly well known story I suppose (a novel by Charles Dickens), though I wasn't familiar with it personally, other than by name.

I'm not sure there's much I can say about it - I'm not too keen on David Walliams - I'm not exactly a fan of him normally and it felt a little 'off' to have him appear in such a period film but perhaps I'm a little unfair? judge for yourself and also it goes without saying that Helena Bonham Carter is very much suited to her role - I imagine she enjoyed playing Miss Haversham very much and she certainly looks the part, as the gothic, somewhat ghostly lady living in a dark and run down mansion/house of sorts.

Yes, overall I would recommend this as a decent film of its type.