Great Expectations (1946)
Directed by David Lean · 118 min · Drama, Romance
65.3 TOPICAL score · #992 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →In this Dickens adaptation, 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.
Great Expectations (1946, directed by David Lean) has a TOPICAL score of 65.3 - ranked 992 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and awards, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 3 awards from 6 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White. Critics: 100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.4/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 7.3/10 (391 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 34 languages.
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- Critics100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.4/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 7.3/10 (391 ratings)
- Awards3 wins, 6 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White; Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White; National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 34 languages
- Still read12,642 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: John Mills (actor #433), Valerie Hobson, Anthony Wager, Jean Simmons (actor #437)
“The film is now regarded as one of Lean's best; in 1999, on the British Film Institute's Top 100 British films list, Great Expectations was named the 5th greatest British film of all time.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10
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