Great Expectations 1946

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: [A] glowing illumination of the warm and deliciously surprising tale. Read more

Don Druker, Chicago Reader: The graveyard scene is still a shocker, the details are still astonishingly well assembled, and the performances are wonderful. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: [It] has been called the greatest of all the Dickens films, and [it] does what few movies based on great books can do: Creates pictures on the screen that do not clash with the images already existing in our minds. Read more

Dave Calhoun, Time Out: David Lean's black-and-white masterpiece may be a whirlwind tour of Dickens' novel, but what a well-performed, economic and atmospheric tour it is. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Only rabid Dickensians will find fault with the present adaptation, and paradoxically only lovers of Dickens will derive maximum pleasure from the film. Read more