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Great Expectations (1998)

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Reviews Counted:31

Fresh:12

Rotten:19

Average Rating:5.5/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: A rising artist, flourishing with the help of a benefactor, falls fruitlessly in love with his wealthy childhood playmate, who has grown to be a beautiful coquette. But the nefarious influence of... A rising artist, flourishing with the help of a benefactor, falls fruitlessly in love with his wealthy childhood playmate, who has grown to be a beautiful coquette. But the nefarious influence of her eccentric, spiteful maiden aunt taints their relationship. A stylish, heavily romantic updating of the eponymous Dickens classic, staged in 1970s south Florida. Bancroft, as the "Miss Havisham" character, steals the show. [More]

Starring: Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria, Chris Cooper

Starring: Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria, Chris Cooper, Anne Bancroft, Robert De Niro, Josh Mostel, Kim Dickens, Nell Campbell, Gabriel Mick, Jeremy James Kissner, Raquel Beaudene, Stephen Spinella, Marla Sucharetza, Isabelle Anderson

Director: Alfonso Cuaron

Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Story: Charles Dickens
Screenwriter: Mitch Glazer
Composer: Patrick Doyle
Producer: Art Linson

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Keith H. Brown
Keith H. Brown
Edinburgh U Film Society

In the end, shiny surfaces are just that--surfaces, with nothing necessarily underneath.

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03/30/09
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

It's a fairly minor film, but quite lovely and successful at creating its own time and place.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson
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03/25/04
Dragan Antulov
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Charles Dickens' novel has been pared to the bone and set in the present day, and the result is a beautifully shot mess. The characters' motivations could not be any less clear.

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08/11/03
Carlo Cavagna
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05/20/03
Leonard Schwarz
Leonard Schwarz
Palo Alto Weekly

The film's exectution is more of a tragedy than the story.

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02/08/03
John R. McEwen
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11/06/02
Jeff Strickler
Jeff Strickler
Minneapolis Star Tribune

his film doesn’t have anything to say, it just wants to make a fashion statement: Pretty people should get to do stuff other people don’t get to do.

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Kim Williamson
Kim Williamson
Boxoffice Magazine

Sua 'moral' pode até ser simples, como em todas as fábulas, mas o processo pela qual é 'ensinada' é interessante - e espantosamente otimista.

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