The film is a decent adaptation based on Charles Dickens's novel, being very fine directed by Brian Kirk. In the movie there's drama, a love story , emotion, tragedies and results to be pretty enjoyable. The TV miniseries deals with an orphan child called Pip (Douglas Booth) meets on the dark moor an escaped convict hiding out in the Victorian English countryside called Magwitch (Ray Winstone) and helps him. A kindness that will change the course of Pip's life, though he doesn't realize it . Magwitch escapes and is aided by young orphan Pip; then Magwitch discovers a fortune. Later on, at a musty mansion Pip meets an old woman, Miss Havershan (Gillian Armstrong), and a beautiful girl called Stella (once grown-up Vanessa Kirby) who has been raised by the eccentric Miss Havershan. Pit suddenly becomes an elegant gentleman with the support of an unknown benefactor and his advocate. But his enemies would like to get Pip's inheritance for themselves . Meanwhile , Pip befriends Herbert Pocket (Harry Lloyd) and Dolge Orlick (Jack Roth). Everything can change in a heartbeat !.
The miniseries in three episodes is an alright adaptation based on Charles Dickens's novel, being pretty well directed by craftsman director Brian Kirk (The day of Jackal (2023), 21 Bridges (2019), Game of Thrones (2011) and Luther (2010)). In the movie there is dramatic events, romance and betrayals, though I has more style than substance. The images and settings are compelling and really luxurious, though the filmmaker should have learned that beauty on the surface isn't all essential. This is a respectable but sometimes slow-moving recounting about notorious novel, being competently performed, splendidly staged with adequate sets, stunning visuals and interesting drama of a well known story . Brian Kirk's professional retelling of Dickens tone but easily dwarfed by the classic 1946 David Lean's version. Well-acted by all , but especially by Gillian Armstrong's slightly pathetic and mad Miss Havishan decided to wreak havoc on the male gender. Douglas Booth's enjoyable acting as starring, he's romantic , friendly , attractive but also vulnerable and memorable. And David Suchet as lawyer Jaggers is top notch, as well as a large and fine secondary cast, such as Jack Roth, Tom Burke, Paul Rhys, Shaun Dooley, Mark Addy, Harry Lloyd, Charlie Creed-Miles, Susan Lynch, Paul Ritter, Perdita Weeks, Frances Barber. Special mention to Ray Winstone as the unknown benefactor who becomes himself a wealthy man with a big fortune, which he decides to use to make good purports. It contains glamorous as well as colorful cinematography by Florian Hoffmeister. Evocative and sensitive musical score by Natalie Holt and Martin Phipps. Rating : 7/10. Above Average . Well worth seeing for Charles Dickens lovers .
There are many adaptations about this famous novel, they turn out to be the following : ¨Great expectations¨ (1934) by Stuart Walker with Phillips Holmes , Henry Hull , Jane Wyatt , Florence Reed. ¨Great expectations¨ (1946) by David Lean considered to be the greatest version of the Charles Dickens novel with impressive black and white cinematography by Guy Green, starring John Mills, Alec Guinness, Jean Simmons, Finlay Currie, Anthony Wager. ¨Great Expectations¨(1974) by Joseph Harvey with Michael York, Sarah Miles, James Mason. ¨Great Expectations¨ (1998) recent rendition by Alfonso Cuarón with Ethan Hawke as Pit , Gwyneth Paltrow as Stella and Anne Bancroft as Miss Havershan, it is deemed average. ¨Great expectations¨ (2012) by Mike Newell with Ralph Fiennes, Ewen Bremner , Olly Alexander , Sally Hawkes , Holliday Grangier, Jason Fleming. And several TV adaptations and miniseries such as : 1981 with Bratford Jones and John Hickson ; 1987 The untold story with John Stanton , Sigrid Thornton , Anne Louise Lambert , 1989 by Kevin Connor with Anthony Hopkins , Jean Simmons , John Rhys Davies , 1999 by Julian Jarrold with Ioan Gruffudd, Justine Waddell, Charlotte Rampling, Bernard Hill .
