Great Expectations fingerprintBig heart, immersive world, a touch of humor.
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and melancholic
Much of it is about growing up and family.
Some sharp wit
Not a comedy at heart.
History, growing up, and the mind
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
Standout cinematography and editing
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Great Expectations is calm and low-intensity. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and melancholic
Much of it is about growing up and family.
Emotionally, it's deeply moving, melancholic, and romantic. Much of it is about growing up and family.
Some sharp wit
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some sharp wit.
History, growing up, and the mind
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around history, growing up, and the mind. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction, performances, and characters
The direction, performances, and characters stand out.
Standout cinematography and editing
Look and sound: the cinematography and editing stand out.
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Great Expectations is included with a subscription to fuboTV, FlixFling, and HBO Max in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Pluto TV, Shout! Factory TV, and YouTube Free. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and FlixFling. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 87/100 (IMDb 7.8, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, and Metacritic 90). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated NR in the United States. Content advisories: disturbing imagery.
1 h 58 min
Great Expectations runs 1 h 58 min.
No. It's adapted from a novel.
Not quite. Critics rate Great Expectations higher (95) than audiences (80). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $400,000 to make and earned $420,000 worldwide, 1.1 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United Kingdom.
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TV Tropes lists 35 storytelling tropes for Great Expectations, including Time-Shifted Actor, Feet-First Introduction, Narrator.
7.8
