I hate to be odd man out on this but I was expecting a much better film. It was Dickens "Hollywoodized" and smacked of that Anglo-American pinkies-in-the-air of Jolly Olde England that so many Americans swallow as the way England is or was at some time in the past. Given the size and richness of the book, the film had to be episodic and leave out many pertinent details in the plot. This, I think, was handled quite well, but the Disney-like sets and accents strong enough to curdle milk didn't work for me. David Lean would have trimmed off the excesses in no time. I wonder if the Brits trying to imitate the Americans would have fallen into so many holes?
Curtis Stotlar
Curtis Stotlar