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Great Expectations (1946) Rank 5 Reviews
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Empire Magazine (David Parkinson)
This is still the definitive version of Charles Dickens' amospheric and occasionally creepy classic. ...read the complete Great Expectations movie review at Empire Magazine (David Parkinson)
TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
A masterful realization of Charles Dickens's novel, this may be the best cinematic translation of the author's work, as well as director David Lean's greatest achievement. ...read the complete Great Expectations movie review at TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
Cinematographer Guy Green and production designer John Bryan were awarded Academy Awards for their memorable work. A must see. ...read the complete Great Expectations movie review at TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
Channel 4 Film (--)
Great Expectations: Released a year after Lean's lachrymose classic Brief Encounter , Great Expectations was the director's first film not to have been written by Noel Coward. ...read the complete Great Expectations movie review at Channel 4 Film (--)
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)
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)
Parent/Teacher Learning Guides at teachwithmovies.org
This is a film version of Dickens' classic novel, Great Expectations. ...read the complete Great Expectations movie review at Parent/Teacher Learning Guides at teachwithmovies.org
DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
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)
Apollo 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
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)
Time Out (--)
A 32-year-old Alec Guinness (from whose stage-production the film emerged) is excellent as Pip's oh-so-decent companion, Herbert Pocket. ...read the complete Great Expectations movie review at Time Out (--)
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