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Mr. Pip

When they needed hope, he gave them great expectations.

2012 · 1h 56m · PG-13 Drama
Directed by Andrew Adamson

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Overview

As a war rages on in the province of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, a young girl becomes transfixed by the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations, which is being read at school by the only white man in the village.

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47%
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Rotten

It's a weak-tea imitation at best.

John Hartl, Seattle Times
Rotten

Mr. Pip doesn't start going seriously awry until its second half, when things get more eventful in ways that are compacted from the novel yet seem more disconnected.

Dennis Harvey, Variety
Rotten

Adamson mixes magical realism with hard-hitting historical drama in a way that feels both contrived and questionable, even if the filmmakers clearly have their hearts in the right place.

Jordan Mintzer, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh

Know what you're in for, because what you're in for is difficult.

Linda Holmes, NPR

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