Great Expectations (2012) [ NON-USA FORMAT, Blu-Ray, Reg.B Import - United Kingdom ]

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United Kingdom released, Blu-Ray/Region B : it WILL NOT play on regular DVD player, or on standard US Blu-Ray player. You need multi-region Blu-Ray player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Deleted Scenes, Featurette, Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Get swept away with this beautiful adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel starring Helena Bonham Carter (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2), Ralph Fiennes (Skyfall), Jeremy Irvine (War Horse), Holliday Grainger (Anna Karenina), Robbie Coltrane (Arthur Christmas) and David Walliams (Little Britain). Directed by BAFTA Award-winning Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), this is a stunning re-telling of the classic tale. Young orphan Pip (Jeremy Irvine) is given a chance to rise from his humble beginnings thanks to a mysterious benefactor. Moving through London's class ridden world as a gentleman, Pip uses his new found position to pursue the beautiful Estella (Holliday Grainger); a spoilt heiress he's loved since childhood. Yet the shocking truth behind his great fortune will have devastating consequences for everything he holds dear. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: BAFTA Awards, ...Great Expectations (2012)

Great Expectations (2012) [ NON-USA FORMAT, Blu-Ray, Reg.B Import - United Kingdom ] Review

This latest Mike Newell (Four Weddings and A Funeral, Love in the Time of Cholera, The Awakening etc.) version of Charles Dickens' `Great Expectations' opens with daylight location shots on the salt marshes and, while looking remote and bleak, these aren't the atmospheric mist-swathed shots of earlier studio-based versions of the story. Similarly Newell opens up the acting, giving us naturalistic performances rather than the usual Dickensian parade of over-acted grotesque caricatures. However, unfortunately no one bothered to explain this to David Walliams who's Mr. Pumblechook is firmly in the tradition of a gurning `Mr. Fuzzywig' - like one of his characters from `Little Britain'.

The film does look great, from the salt marshes of the Kent coast to the recreated crowded streets of old London town, and also features wonderful costumes. The naturalistic acting by the main characters - Miss Havisham, Magwitch, Jaggers etc. - seems to slightly lessen their profile in the drama and heighten the role of the central character, Jeremy 'Warhorse' Irvine as Pip Pirrip, and this makes it all the more shocking that as Pip becomes a gentleman he also becomes a terrible snob who forgets his roots. Newell does get excellent (if slightly restrained) performances from Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham, Ralph Fiennes as Magwitch, Robbie Coltrane as Mr. Jaggers and Jason Flemyng as Joe "What larks, Pip" Gargery, as well as the supporting characters including Holliday Grainger, Ewen Bremner, Sally Hawkins and Tamzin Outhwaite.

Unfortunately there have been so many versions of this story, from the classic David Lean film of 1946 to the numerous TV serials including the recent one with Ray Winstone as Magwich, that any dramatic impact the story once had has now gone. Nonetheless, I did find this an engaging adaptation and any reservations I did have were more to do with the slightly clunky nature of the plot as we reach the rather unsatisfactory denouement of the novel itself. I think that younger viewers would particularly enjoy this film (if they still watch non vampire-related drama).

The DVD features extras including "Introducing Great Expectations", "The characters of Great Expectations" (Pip, Miss Havisham, Magwitch), "Deleted and extended scenes" and "Still photos". Generally I found these extras a bit dull and would have liked more on the making of the film - locations, costumes etc. or more about dramatising Dickens.

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