Fairly unimpressive adaptation that simplifies the storyline a little too much, has some very uneven performances and the whole thing plays like a rather dodgy episode of 'Eastenders' complete with the odd swear word and graphic image. Gillian Anderson's Miss Haversham is in a different film from everyone else and there are some laugh out loud moments like Estella thanking the horse and Ray Winstone throwing money everywhere and saying 'This is yours' making it look like one of the bets he advertises has just come up.
On the plus side it is well photographed and Shaun Dooley and David Suchet make their characters real.
Such a shame that the 200th anniversary of Dickens is marked by such inferior product.
On the plus side it is well photographed and Shaun Dooley and David Suchet make their characters real.
Such a shame that the 200th anniversary of Dickens is marked by such inferior product.