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Absolutely the worst movie.

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Going back over the years it seems that every generation gets a new version of Great Expectations . We can't seem to get enough of telling of Charles Dickens's coming of age novel. In this version the brothers Toby and James Irvine playing different ages of Philip Pirrup, shortened to Pip our protagonist hero.Pip's an orphan kid brought up by his sister Sally Flemyng and her husband blacksmith Joe Gargery played by Jason Flemyng and a random act of kindness feeding escaped convict Magwitch played by Ralph Fiennes brings him unseen benefits. A change in lifestyle as he now lives like a gentleman. He can also aspire to court the haughty Estella played by Holiday Grainger. As her very strange guardian Miss Havisham has brought her up, she's to reek vengeance on the male of the species.. Helena Bonham-Carter and that's been a great part for character actresses. Left at the altar by the man she loved, Miss Havisham is the last word in warped. I wonder who in real life Charles Dickens took as his model for her.As it goes young Pip has been believing certain things in his life and based his life on false assumptions. In the end he's happy, but he's got quite a reality check in store for him.Another ten to twenty years there will be another version of Great Expectations. We don't seem to tire of the tale.

Disappointing -- seems far removed both in characterization and sweeping plot of the famous novel. As other posters have commented, it seems rushed through, overlooking the importance and even charm (e.g. "Wemmick's Castle") of the novel. Dark to watch, too. For me, no version of GE comes close to the 1940s version where Jean Simmons was enchanting and Miss Havisham was everything that Dickens intended.Ms. Bonham Carter was, well, Ms. Bonham Carter. Bentley Drummle's character was hardly bothered with. Mr. Pip, however, was a fine Pip, and Fiennes was outstanding as Magwitch (hardly recognizable at the start). The adult Estella was nothing outstanding. Boilerplate.Worth a look, if only for comparison purposes.

What is the fascination of film makers who get enough funds to make a decent classical movie, then go and make a great cast perform as if they were in a Christmas Pantomime. Everything is great, costumes, scenes, locations until the actors open their mouths and out comes this over exaggerated speech, the Book is a great work by Charles Dickens and needs NO repeat NO fancying around with... good actors sound bad actors when forced into this. Once again we catch only a fleeting glimpse of Sally Hawkins but as in many of her other films she is forced to overact. Only need to watch her in "The Phone Call" and "Persuasion" to know how great she can be. Robbie Coltrane because he was allowed to act his normal self shone..

It's time a big screen faithful color version of Great Expectations was made as an update to the Black & White David Lean classic and supersede the mediocre television adaptations. Forget about the Gwyneth Paltrow nonsense. Comparisons with the previous versions are inevitable. David Lean's version is the most magical with the wide eyed John Mills and the beautiful Jean Simmons and remains the best. The worst was the 2011 BBC version with youthful Gillian Anderson as Ms Havisham and an Estella that wasn't pretty and a Pip that was too pretty. In this version, Ralph Fiennes was intense and watchable if not the most convict like. Pip was well cast. Jeremy Irvine is earnest and pleasant looking while not being too handsome which would have been wrong. Jason Fleyming was bit too dignified and not blue collar enough for blacksmith Joe Gargery. They went very wrong with the women. Helena Bonham was too perky and silly looking. She acted as she does in Tim Burton's movies snapping her dialog out in her clipped way. She made a joke of the role. Some one older like Helen Mirren or Cate Blanchett would have been better. Estella wasn't well cast. The younger Estella was a bit common looking and her ginger hair was jarring. Holiday Grainger was too round faced. While she is pretty from some angles, she wasn't haughty enough. Her looks are more Renaissance - hence the Borgias, than 19th Century.As far as direction, there is a more intense in your face feel which was a bit too crowded sometimes. Some of the action is too much in shadows and crucial dialog rushed. The screenplay is good - faithful and fairly complete. Cinematography is good in the rural areas but scenes of London were too ugly. Overall it's worth a watch despite the miscasting.