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Great Expectations (1946) Rank 3 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Great Expectations (1946) a score of 3.0192 out of 4
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Great Expectations (1946) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
The definitive adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic is this one from David Lean, featuring John Mills as the adult version of Pip, an orphan who inherits wealth and status from an unnamed benefactor, and woos the woman of his youthful dreams along ...read the complete Great Expectations movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Great Expectations (1946) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
During the dramatic finale, Pip demands that the curtains be opened, as if he were Moses commanding the parting of the Red Sea. Another scene has Pip visiting the office of his lawyer Jaggers. ...read the complete Great Expectations movie review at filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
Great Expectations (1946) scores a combined 2.98 out of 4 stars for Parent/Teacher Learning Guides at teachwithmovies.org Parent/Teacher Learning Guides at teachwithmovies.org
Great Expectations (1946) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
One of the great things about Charles Dickens is the way his people colonize your memory. I wonder if there's any writer except Shakespeare who has created more characters whose names we remember, and whose types seem so true to human nature. A director a ...read the complete Great Expectations movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Great Expectations (1946) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Apollo GuideApollo Guide
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, director David Lean pares back the subplots presenting a leaner, streamlined version of the novel. ...read the complete Great Expectations movie review at Apollo Guide
Great Expectations (1946) scores a combined 2.58 out of 4 stars for Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)
ohn Mills stars as Pip, a young working class man who is suddenly elevated to the status of "gentleman" by an unknown benefactor. ...read the complete Great Expectations movie review at Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)
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Great Expectations (1946) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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Great Expectations (1946) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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