Great Expectations (TV Mini Series) Episode #1.3 (2023) User Reviews

It doesn't smell of nutmeg, it has zero fragrance.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 5/10 · 20 April 2023]

Pip is given a tempting, but dangerous proposition from Mr Jaggers, even a warning from Estella isn't sufficient to deter him from such a path.

I'll start off with the positives, production values are marvellous, it is expertly produced, it put me in mind of some of The BBC's greatest historicals.

Sadly, apart from the visuals, it just isn't working, it remains a lifeless, anaemic production. It's so hard to believe in Pip's manipulation, because his so called love for Estella is non existent, and that's the whole problem, the events that follow are meaningless, it's just not possible to care.

Ashley Thomas totally overtakes the whole episode, Mr Jaggers is the only real interest here, there are definite traits of the character from the text here, he commands fear, the hand washing etc, he truly was a cut above.

They've sexed it up a bit, they've added some language, but it's just missing something.

5/10.

Episode 3

[Prismark10 · 5/10 · 20 April 2023]

Move over Olivia Coleman and Miss Havisham. It really is becoming the Mr Jaggers show.

Actor Ashley Thomas went all out to steal the show.

Magwitch makes a belated appearance. Unfortunately his scenes are so dark. I could not make heads or tails of the fight he had with Compeyson.

Asides from the scenes with Jaggers. His various manoeuvrings especially regarding making money from maritime insurance.

This really is lifeless. With Steven Knight writing I had great expectations. Now it is becoming a slog to watch.

There seems to be little chemistry between the characters. The pacing is haphazard with this being stretched to five parts.