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Great Expectations

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The distinguished David Lean directed this adaptation of Dickens's novel about an uncultured boy thrust into high society by a mysterious benefactor. As a young boy, Pip (Anthony Wager) pines for the unattainable Estella (Jean Simmons), at the behest of Miss Havisham (Martita Hunt). Grown up Pip (John Mills) gets life lessons from roommate Herbert Pocket (Alec Guinness), but even Herbert can't prepare Pip for heartache.
Netflix Rating: 3.7
Top Rotten Tomatoes Critics: [It] has been called the greatest of all the Dickens films, and [it] does what few movies based on great books can do: Creates pictures on the screen that do not clash with the images already existing in our minds. full review

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The graveyard scene is still a shocker, the details are still astonishingly well assembled, and the performances are wonderful. full review

Don Druker, Chicago Reader

[A] glowing illumination of the warm and deliciously surprising tale. full review

Bosley Crowther, New York Times

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