Bleak House
Summary:
A trio of orphans becomes embroiled in a mysterious and long-running lawsuit in this sprawling BBC adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel. A legend in the legal circles of Victorian London, the messy inheritance case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce has been trickling through the courts for years with no end in sight. Nobleman John Jarndyce (Denis Lawson) has seen the case destroy m... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Gillian Anderson - (Lady Dedlock)
Patrick Kennedy - (Richard Carstone)
Carey Mulligan - (Ada Clare)
Nathaniel Parker - (Harold Skimpole)
Sevan Stephan - (Mr. Tangle)
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Review:
Enlivened by top-flight British character acting and an admirably nuanced performance from Gillian Anderson, this labyrinthine Charles Dickens adaptation seems neither rushed nor overstuffed -- a major achievement considering the epic source material. Although it functions as a deconstruction of the Victorian class and legal systems, Ble... Continue >>
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