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Certificate 12A

Cast Helena Bonham Carter Jeremy Irvine Ralph Fiennes Sally Hawkins Jason Flemyng Robbie Coltrane Ewen Bremner Holliday Grainger David Walliams

Directors Mike Newell

Screenwriters David Nicholls

Running Time 129 minutes

Great Expectations
Pipped to the post

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Plot
Here we go again: the umpteenth adaptation of Dickens’ beloved classic doesn’t play any postmodern games with the tale of Pip (Irvine), the ambitious orphan who climbs the class ladder in pursuit of the hard-hearted Estella (Grainger).

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