Review of Martin Chuzzlewit

One of the best, nay the very best, adaptations of Dickens I've seen (well, with a screen writer like David Lodge, what would one expect?) Every single role is done to perfection; was there ever such a Pecksniffe, such a Montague Tigue (Rest in peace, Pete; you will be long missed), such a Chuzzlewit (either of the elder brothers)? Mrs Gamp (portrayed by an actress more often seen as an aristocratic lady!) is a triumph. But, Oh G*d, the sniveling younger Chuzzlewit and his shweeeet sweetheart are almost more than flesh and blood can bear (although Dickens had to do it for the audience of his time I guess). But young Martin bursting into tears when told "This is Eden" is a treat! But what a work of art -- even to the perfection of detail of the ever-loving and ever absent Mrs 'Arris! Sheer joy. (The one point denied out of ten is for one blubber too many by young Martin.)