Little Dorrit - Part Two: Little Dorrit's Story [VHS]

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

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Actor: Derek Jacobi, Joan Greenwood, Luke Duckett, Max Wall, Patricia Hayes
Director: Christine Edzard
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Unknown)
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 [VHS]

Movie Review: Little Dorrit - Part One: Nobody's Fault
Summary: 5 Stars

I like anything that Sir Derek Jacobi is in, and I think it is a very good movie. The period costumes are great, and the storyline is easily followable.

Movie Review: Little Dorrit
Summary: 4 Stars

I am fortunate enough to have this on laser disc and while it may not be up to new DVD standards, the quality is still far better than VHS. I would definitely buy a restored DVD issue when it becomes available. I loved this version. I just watched the newer BBC version on PBS. Overall it was very well done but I thought it did a poor job explaining the "mystery" at the conclusion. We had friends that could not figure out who was related to whom at the end, and I have heard that PBS received tons of e-mails asking for clarification. It almost came across as if Arthur and Amy were step brother and sister.

Movie Review: Don't play with Dicken's
Summary: 2 Stars

While I applaud the creativity of this production, as well as some of the acting, I feel it did not do justice to the novel. So many of the characters that Dicken's created were missing from this adaptation. Please be true to the novel. If Dicken's felt the character should be in the book or that a particular chapter was necessary, don't omit it. I have read Dickens and dear producer, you are certainly no Dickens. Don't try to improve on his mastery. The new BBC adaptation of this novel is currently airing on PBS. It is delightful and worth watching. In my opinion, Dickens would have preferred it over this production.

Movie Review: Magnificent!
Summary: 5 Stars

When this film (or should I say films) came out in 1988, the New York City art house theatre that was showing it did something unusual. You could buy tickets for either movie (and see them on separate days) or you could buy tickets for both (at a discounted price) and watch the whole story in one day. I opted for the one-day marathon. Part 1 ran from 10:00am - 1:00. You then had an hour and a half to go out and grab a bite of lunch. Part 2 started at 2:30 - 5:30pm. As other reviewers have stated, this is a beautifully filmed, detailed and magnificently acted story. Since there is a great deal going on it does require your full attention to detail and storyline. One wonders if they could get away with making a film like this today. At 6 hours in length, they were only able to have one showing a day. It certainly wouldn't be a moneymaker!

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.

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Summary of Little Dorrit - Part Two: Little Dorrit's Story [VHS]

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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