Great Expectations Movie Review
Great Expectations Review
"Great Expectations" Overview
Rating: R
1998
Cast and Crew
Director : Alfonso CuarónProducer : Art Linson
Screenwiter : Mitch Glazer
Starring : Ethan Hawke,Gwyneth Paltrow,Hank Azaria,Chris Cooper,Anne Bancroft,Robert De Niro,Josh Mostel,Kim Dickens
You know, I didn't like the book Great Expectations when I was in high school, so I don't know why anyone thought it would be liked any better now. Hawke's meddling with the story is well-documented (including changing the main character's name from Pip to Finn). Then there's the updating to the 20th century, making Pip, er, Finn an artist (and a bad one at that), Bancroft's horrific drag-queenish dance instructor. De Niro's lost expression. Ugh. I'll take the book over this.
Reviewer: Christopher Null
