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Editorial Review:
When fisherman Jimmy Bell, a painter in his spare time, receives a call that could change his life forever and make all his dreams come true, he decides to take a chance, until certain truths come to light and threaten to destroy his dream, in a story based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Original. Movie tie-in."This is a novelization of a screenplay loosely based on Charles Dickens's 19th-century coming-of-age drama. It's set in modern times, and it's less closely related to the old book than to the big-screen drama of the same name featuring bookish Hollywood heartthrob Ethan Hawke--star of Dead Poets Society and author of the novel The Hottest State--and Gwyneth Paltrow. Though the actors are not literally described, you can feel their star power lurking behind the workaday prose. The hero is a penniless modern artist named Bell who rises from Florida to the New York art world, where he courts a cool beauty named Estella (Paltrow).
Customer Reviews: Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0  "She'll Only Break Your Heart...It's a Fact...": 
First things first: this is *not* the novel "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens. This is the novelization of the movie based on the book by Charles Dickens, a reworking of his famous novel set in the 1980s starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Ethan Hawke, and directed by the fantabulous Alfonso Cuaron, who made "A Little Princess" such an exceptionally beautiful film and reinvigorated the Harry Potter franchise with his dark take of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban". Though the "Great Expectations"... more info
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I haven't read the book yet, but i absolutely LOVED the movie. It is an artsy romance of a 70's to 90's love scene. Just fabbulous:
I thought this was a great romance! I found it a bit complicated at times, but I am an 8th grader so maybe it is my age. But Indeed, I found it engrossing! A really great book based on a good film.:
This is a good film that you've got to watch. I have watched the film, and the book. Though I did not studied the book closely, I can still feel the power of the words. I can tell you that this book is not going to be missed. A really good book, for you and me. I think that the original story by Charles Dickens is a little bit too complicated for non-English readers, and this book is ideal for everybody. It can show the dark side of human wants, and clearly reflect the higher class in the society. This is... more info
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