Great Expectations

Pros: Some Fine Directing from Cuaron, Soundtrack, Lubezki's Cinematography, & Supporting Cast.
Cons: Hawke & Paltrow Lack Chemistry, Sub-Par Screenplay, Strays Too Far from Dicken's Novel.

Charles Dickens' Great Expectations is often considered one of the greatest stories in literature. The story of a boy named Pip who encounters a convict named Magwitch as he comes to the attention of a reclusive woman named Miss Havisham as he ...

Pros: Sets, plot, beautiful cast and costumes.
Cons: Ethan Hawke is eye-candy - in a film with DeNiro, of all people!

One of the drawbacks of dating a cop is the occasional lonely night snuggled up with the VCR and the cat. This movie made such an evening downright enjoyable for me.

As an adaptation of the Dickens classic, Great Expectations...

Pros: Hawke is a good actor, Clemente is a good painter, Paltrow is a good snob
Cons: Screenplay, some camera work, adaptation, aye?

Unconventional adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations became just another attempt to interpret classics in a new “modern” way. Standing in line with Romeo + Juliet, Cruel Intentions, O, etc., it meets some expectations, but urges to read the...

Pros: Alfonso Cuaron's direction.
Cons: Mitch Glazer's screenplay. Ethan Hawke's performance.

When I first saw "Great Expectations" at the tail end of summer in 1998, my rating was a rock solid two stars. You might say, I was totally incensed by screenwriter Mitch Glazer's overly sentimental ending. Upon first viewing, I found said ending to ...

Pros: clean and classic
Cons: prisoner scenes could be a bit unsettling for smaller folk

As an aspiring writer I like to read a wide variety of books, and think it is important to read many of the "classics".  So, when I had an opportunity to see the movie and spend my reading time on other books, I took it.  I was a bit ...

Pros: acting, story
Cons: none for me to see

This updated film version of the classic novel is incredible. I enjoyed it completely, but I can also understand why someone would feel differently about this movie. I rented it on my own, then re-rented it to watch with my husband. I loved it even...

Pros: Good acting, great soundtrack
Cons: The directors "vision" gets in the way of the film

Great Expectations (1998) is an interesting and emotionally charged film. Brought into modern times, Dickens' basic storyline and morals prevail in this latest screen adaptation.

In all of the ways that this film succeeds, however, it also...

Pros: Story line, acting
Cons: Missed Ms. Dinsmore in the end

Gotta admit I didn't even watch this movie when it was on HBO, but the other night with nothing to do I gave it a shot. I mean it is Dickens for Gods sake and I had my share of that in school. What a nice surprise.

Anne Bancroft, as the...

Pros: Um...her hair's kinda pretty...or the um...bayouish scenery...that was cool
Cons: Well, did you read the review? No acting, no emotion, butchery of famous text

The problem with having a title like "Great Expectations" is that the when the film fails utterly...there is just too much irony involved!

I'm not one of those people that feels that a film-from-book should necessarily be obedient...

Pros: beautiful. This movie is the embodiment of enduring love.
Cons: Nah.

Great Expectations was a beautiful movie. I liked it more than the book. It reminded me of my own first kisses, and how much surprise was there, and how much feeling. Unlike most movies, it really captured the emotions involved and the beauty of love....

Pros: Interesting art direction, great soundtrack, decent cast.
Cons: Boring story, mediocre acting, no romantic chemistry.

I wanted to see this film in the theater because I was intrigued by the trailer which had music and visuals quite different from the usual preview trash. However, the horrible reviews made me think twice. And boy, I'm glad I did. Watching a bad movie for...

Pros: great script, great acting
Cons: Very Strange

Great Expectations, with Gwyneth Paltrow and Ethan Hawke, tells the story of a boy who loves a girl and while he grows up his love for her does as well. Finn, played by Hawke, is a young boy who grows up in Sarasota, Florida. His parents are...

Pros: decent plot, good acting, entertaining
Cons: the movie moves along slowly at times

The updated film version of the classic Dickens book was surprisingly decent. I wasn't quite sure how the transition from novel to movie would go, but it worked out quite well. The concept was good--setting the story in recent times instead of...

Pros: in a word, beautiful.
Cons: May be a bit slow-moving for some

I can't recall a time that a movie has amazed me in the way Great Expectations did. I couldn't help but be drawn in, more so by the cinematography than perhaps the story itself.
I haven't ever attended a film class or even critiqued a movie...

Pros: Anne Bancroft's performance
Cons: Poor direction, awkward and unbelievable.

This amiable remake of Charles Dickens’ classic story has moments of greatness, but never came close to meeting my expectations. At times, this film borders on being downright ridiculous.

A “boy” artist falls in love with an uppity rich girl,...