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The Personal History of David Copperfield

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Synopsis

From birth to infancy, from adolescence to adulthood, the good-hearted David Copperfield is surrounded by kindness, wickedness, poverty and wealth, as he meets an array of remarkable characters in Victorian England. As David sets out to be a writer, in his quest for family, friendship, romance and status, the story of his life is the most seductive tale of all.

Cast

  • Dev Patel
  • Tilda Swinton
  • Hugh Laurie
  • Peter Capaldi
  • Ben Whishaw
  • Gwendoline Christie
  • Anna Maxwell Martin
  • Sophie McShera
  • Aneurin Barnard
  • Benedict Wong

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Despite some funny moments and an inspiring message, David Copperfield doesn't leave enough of an impression to make its strengths memorable.

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Wittingly amazing. A great Gal Pal Night movie.

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Metacritic

50
Aug 27, 2020

This is largely Dickens as farce, which is occasionally fun—Peter Capaldi is a delightful Mr. Micawber, whose creditors are so insistent they try to yank his rug out from under his front door—but it often feels forced.

Josh Larsen
LarsenOnFilm
88
Aug 26, 2020

Armando Iannucci (creator of HBO’s “Veep”) transforms Charles Dickens’ masterful but often dour and cumbersome 624-page Victorian novel into a brilliant piece of entertainment that often plays like “Alice in Wonderland” as interpreted by Monty Python.

Metacritic review by Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Chicago Sun-Times
100
Aug 26, 2020

If ever a match were made in cine-literary heaven it would be Charles Dickens and Armando Iannucci, each a master of probing social criticism, slashing wit and floridly besotted love of language.

Metacritic review by Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post