Great Expectations

Great Expectations

2012 · 128 min · EN · PG-13 · 6.4 (321 votes)
Dir. Mike Newell · Starring Jeremy Irvine, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Holliday Grainger, Robbie Coltrane, Sally Hawkins · Music Richard Hartley

Prepare for a life of great expectations.

DramaRomance

Miss Havisham, a wealthy spinster who wears an old wedding dress and lives in the dilapidated Satis House, asks Pip's Uncle Pumblechook to find a boy to play with her adopted daughter Estella. Pip begins to visit Miss Havisham and Estella, with whom he falls in love, then Pip—a humble orphan—suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.

VIBE

A sweeping, romantic drama steeped in the melancholic beauty of Victorian England. It captures the yearning for love and status, set against a backdrop of societal constraints and dashed hopes. A visually rich and emotionally resonant experience.

melancholicromanticwistfulyearningsteadyVictorian dramaperiod pieceliterary adaptationsocial classambitionlovedisillusionment
based on novel or book19th centurysecret benefactoryoung gentleman
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