Film1946118 min

Great Expectations

Name: Great Expectations
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1946
Duration: 118 min
Cast: John Mills, Tony Wager, Valerie Hobson, Jean Simmons, Bernard Miles

Taste attributes: dramaromancemysteryhistoricaladventurewholesomeheavyrealisticlinearglossybig & variedcomplex relationshiplove conquers allrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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"From the Vivid Pages of Charles Dickens' Masterpiece!"

Boxlist takeA realistic romantic drama that is warm-hearted and polished. Best if you like warmth over edge.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: wholesome · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

7.3 /10

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Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Balanced, just how this profile likes it

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Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury
Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring

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Synopsis

In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

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