But... well... this movie is a respectful series of events more than it is a meaningful adaptation of anything interesting. It has that standard saccharine 1930s Hollywood sensibility about it. I didn't hate it, of course, but this movie isn't serious about its Dickens except for a few sequences early on. Instead it's jokey and rather silly.
Also... that wife of David's. Woof. I had forgotten how awful she is. It really makes one question one's love for Copperfield in the first place. Like, bro, what are you doing chasing after this ninny?
I watched this because I thought I read that there would be a new Copperfield adaptation out in theatres this year. I am not sure if that is still true or not. I might have made it up.
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