Alicia I love this movie so much

Organnall Too much about the plot just didn't add up, the writing was bad, some of the scenes were cringey and awkward,

Usamah Harvey The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Patience Watson One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

rsg-25524 I normally love a good period drama. I also love Dickens (read all his novels and short stories). However, this film doesn't work for me. The film is based on Claire Tomalin's book which relies a great deal on supposition. There is not much primary source material about the affair. So you watch this thinking this is the way it was... but nothing can truly back up these assumptions. Why is it we want to tear down those writers, artists, and others who are dead and cannot speak for their actions. The film makes Dickens to be a cruel person towards his wife and his mistress. Perhaps he was, but why do we care? This was his personal life and has nothing to do with his writing. I Also found the jumping back and forth too distracting. Felicity Jones was miscast. I would not recommend this film.

Kirpianuscus it is only a sketch about a significant episode from Charles Dickens life. but that status is its basic virtue. because it not propose verdicts, conclusions or points of view. only delicates lines from a period, a life and a relationship. that graceful manner to propose only few points for public gives force and charm to a story who seems be one from many others. but it remains unique because transforms the reading books, the myths and the portraits, the adaptations of his novels, his biography in field of precious nuances. Felicity Jones does an admirable work. the states of a young woman front with her hero, the vulnerabilities and the need to define an ambiguous status, the memories as parts not from a biography but as tools for define the present are virtues of a film who , as sketch of a sentimental affairs, is an useful sketch for discover an universe.

SnoopyStyle In Margate, England 1883, Mrs. Wharton Robinson/Nelly (Felicity Jones) is haunted by her past. Years earlier, Nelly at 18 joined her mother Mrs. Frances Ternan (Kristin Scott Thomas) at one of Charles Dickens (Ralph Fiennes)'s play. She catches his eye even though she's not a particularly good actress. Her mother is worried. Dickens eventually starts an affair with her as he announces his separation from his embarrassed wife in a public letter in the newspaper. In the process, he would write "Great Expectations".I don't think I've ever seen the character of Charles Dickens in a movie. I don't know what expectations I have of him but this is probably not what I imagined. He is basically a rock star and he is a flawed human being. There are some really powerful scenes of their relationship and the moral constraints of the day. However those scenes are sandwiched between lots of slow uninteresting scenes. The acting is all good. Felicity Jones gives both the innocent and the hurt. Ralph Fiennes gives an interesting performance although I would want a more overpowering presence. As a director, he shows that he's capable of doing the work, but I wish it revealed more of his personal style. In general, this is a functional period piece with flashes of greatness.

R S Here we have yet another costume drama about the hugely talented artist who benefits from the social injustices of his day to sleep with the woman he wants. Haven't we seen that before? However, given Dickens's reputation as the tireless champion of the poor and downtrodden, it is pretty horrifying to watch him for two hours making the most of his social status to have his ways with a poor innocent, fatherless girl half his age. Surprisingly, there is not one ounce of passion in this movie to explain her infatuation with him. Nor is there much social commentary other than the quotes from Dickens himself, whose character the film casts such doubts on. However, there is an endless supply of period gowns and props and sun-drenched garden scenes to lighten the mood. I don't think this is a very good film, but if it is truthful, it is probably an important one in that it certainly puts the character of Charles Dickens in a new light.