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Great Expectations

1998

Alfonso Cuarón

Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Bancroft, Robert De Niro ...

6.3

12,920

Romance. Drama Based on Charles Dickens' timeless tale, this is a story of the love of a man for an unreachable woman. Updated to modern day New York City, the story concerns Finn (Ethan Hawke), a young man of modest background who falls in love with a rich girl. But when a mysterious benefactor greenlights the man to make his dreams come true, everything done has the ultimate goal of making Estella fall in love with him.

	Author	Review
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Largely because Mr. Cuaron is such a voluptuous visual stylist, this 'Great Expectations' is capable of wonder even when its wilder ideas misfire"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"Beautifully made production lacks the emotional depth and dramatic tension needed to command audience attention beyond the level of a talented curiosity"	NEU
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"There's nothing wrong, nor particularly right about the experience. It just sits there, like a Nike ad"	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Begins as a great movie (...) but ends as only a good one, and I think that's because the screenplay, by Mitch Glazer, too closely follows the romantic line (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Ruthe Stein SFGATE	"From watching this meandering, stilted movie, anyone unfamiliar with Charles Dickens' novel would be not only disinclined to pick it up but also clueless as to why it's considered great"	NEG

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