VHS : VHS Little Dorrit: Nobody's Fault and Little Dorrit's Story (Film One and Film Two)
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Rating:  - Through Dorrit's Eyes
I purchased this adaption of Little Dorrit several years ago on laserdisc and I enjoyed it, but I found that to fully appreciate this film it was necessary to watch it to the end. The point to this film adaption of a Dicken's book was to tell the same story twice but through differing viewpoints. Certainly the story is not as interesting or as gripping as Dickens more widely read novels and the film could have been improved by cutting and picking up the pace, but I believe the director accomplished ... Read More
Rating: - Part two - A satisfactory conclusion
Part two of this ambitious film is a definite improvement over part one. It develops themes and fills out the plot (as really any second half of a story should), though you could never watch part two without seeing part one. The most jarring thing about this part is the insistence of recreating most of part one scene for scene (only this time through the eyes of Little Dorrit). Perhaps the most notable thing about this film (for me anyway) is that it contains the last lead performance in a film from ... Read More
Rating:  - Ambitious Dickens adaption on a low budget
Made in 1987 and boasting a 200 plus cast and essentaially a 6 hour film in 2 parts, director Christine Edzard's adaption of one of Dickens' least read novels is only partially successful. It is told from the point of view of Arthur Clennam (Dereck Jacobi) who on his return to London becomes interested in the case of William Dorrit, locked in a debtor's prison for 25 years and his daughter, seamstress to Clennam's mother. Despite excellent performances and eye for detail part one is very slow moving ... Read More
Rating:  - Little Dorrit, On Video, Is Still A Misbegotten Failure
I saw this adaptation of Little Dorrit at a local theater when it was first released. It had received such favorable reviews I thought I was in for a treat: Dickens translated to film impeccably. Instead, I found it to be the director's idea of Dorrit, a stale and rancid interpretation. I sat through the first part until intermission and then ran from the cinema, relieved to be in fresh air again.
Little Dorrit is the only one of Dickens' novels I haven't read, but I can imagine the original ... Read More
Rating:  - Atmospheric but looong...
Judging by the other very positive reviews here I am in the minority when I say this was heavy going. Watching this has actually served to put me off Dickens! The video undoubtedly captures the atmosphere of the times, but the story is sooo weak and cliched with characters and events that seem unbelievable even for a Dickens work. Characters were too nice or too nasty and came into and went out of money just a bit too conveniently for me to swallow. For diehard D fans only I think.
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