Monday Morning Maybe

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Great Expectations

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1999 | 168 min | Drama, Romance

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

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 or Pride & Prejudice, start here.
The mood
Warm and romantic.
The pace
Unhurried and epic, at 2 hr 48 min.
What might put you off
It's long: 2 hr 48 min.

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

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 14K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Julian Jarrold

  • Ioan GruffuddPip
  • Justine WaddellEstella
  • Charlotte RamplingMiss Havisham
  • Laura AikmanYoung Biddy
  • Nicholas BlaneWopsle
  • Selina CadellSarah Pocket
  • Jo Cameron BrownMiss Skiffins
  • Tony CurranOrlick
  • Ian McDiarmidJaggers
  • Clive RussellJoe Gargery