Great Expectations

– A young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands food. A few yea..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.30 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 48 Minutes
Release Year:
1998
Great Expectations (1998)

A young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands food. A few years later, Pip finds that he has a benefactor. Imagining that Miss Havisham, a rich lady whose adopted daughter Estella he loves, is the benefactor, Pip believes in a grand plan at the end of which he will be married to Estella. However, when the criminal from his childhood turns up one stormy night and reveals that he, Magwitch, is his benefactor, Pip finds his dreams crumbling. Although initially repulsed by his benefactor, Pip gradually becomes loyal to him and stays with him until his death.

Producing Country:
USA, UK
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Great Expectations (1998) - Trailer

Release Date:

30 Jan 1998

Language:

English, French, Portuguese

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Alfonso Cuarón

Writer:

Charles Dickens (novel), Mitch Glazer (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria, Chris Cooper

Plot:

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 a 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...

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations.

Production:

20th Century Fox

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
37%
Metacritic:
55%