Little Dorrit - Part Two: Little Dorrit's Story

Little Dorrit - Part Two: Little Dorrit's Story
by Christine Edzard

Little Dorrit - Part Two: Little Dorrit's Story
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Actor: Derek Jacobi, Joan Greenwood, Luke Duckett, Max Wall, Patricia Hayes
Director: Christine Edzard
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
Release Date: 1994-12-03
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Studio: Warner Home Video

VHS Movie Reviews of Little Dorrit - Part Two: Little Dorrit's Story

Movie Review: Through Dorrit's Eyes
Summary: 4 Stars

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 his goal.

The first half of the film is dark and bleak, people are seen suffering a miserable existence and you do have to wade through a rather pessimistic view of life; but in the second half of the film we see a differing view of life. We see the same scenes over again but now we see them through Dorrit's eyes. The world becomes a new place; it is bright and life itself is a joy. In the midst of squalor Dorrit's optimism colors everything new. Little Dorrit seen in the first half is a sad young woman but now she is a young woman full of life. Whatever Dickens is telling you in his novel this film is telling you that life is what you make it.

This is how I watched the film. And I enjoyed it.

Summary of Little Dorrit - Part Two: Little Dorrit's Story

The trials & tribulations of a young woman born & raised in debtor's prison provides the basis for this two-part adaptation of a Charles Dickens novel.

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