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Great Expectations

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2012 | 128 min | Drama, Romance

Weeknight Watch

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With a lukewarm 6.4 out of 10 from audiences and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for romantics. If you loved Great Expectations, start here.
The mood
Warm and romantic.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 2 hr 8 min.
What might put you off
Rated PG-13. Probably too much for younger kids.

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.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsSolid

    68% on Rotten Tomatoes, 60 on Metacritic

  • AudiencesBelow par

    6.4 out of 10

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Box office & staying powerBelow par

    $6 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactBelow par

    About 67K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Mike Newell

  • Jeremy IrvinePhilip 'Pip' Pirrip
  • Helena Bonham CarterMiss Havisham
  • Ralph FiennesAbel Magwitch
  • Holliday GraingerEstella Havisham
  • Robbie ColtraneMr. Jaggers
  • Sally HawkinsMrs. Joe
  • Jason FlemyngJoe Gargery
  • Ewen BremnerWemmick
  • David WalliamsMr. Pumblechook
  • Tamzin OuthwaiteMolly