Modernization of Charles Dickens classic story finds the hapless Finn as a painter in New York City pursuing his unrequited and haughty childhood love.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Stars: Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria, Anne Bancroft, Robert De Niro.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119223/
Another browse-a-seller's-stock purchase.
A soft-core porn version of Dickens. Would he have written "I want you inside me"?
Not sure why some names were changed and not others. Pip is Finn, Miss Havisham is Ms. Dinsmoor. Some things I don't remember well enough to compare: was Pip raised by his sister's boyfriend after the sister left? Did Pip become an artist?
This rambles, and Finn provides V.O narration that illuminates little.
The encounters with the convict (RD) are there, and are the best thing of the film. One of the best things from the novel/'46 film, Miss Havisham, is reduced to an eccentric rich woman (AB) who might be reclusive here; no cobwebs, dried out wedding cake, or fiery death.
GP as Estella is adequately antisocial, but nude or semi-clothed a lot.
I recognize the name EH, but this film could not have made him a star. Dull, sullen, boring.
Rated 6.8 (48,202)
Fox +, dir. Cuarón; 6-
