Our Mutual Friend
by Julian Farino
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Actor: Anna Friel, David Morrissey, Keeley Hawes, Paul McGann, Steven MackintoshDirector: Julian Farino
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: David Odd
Editor: Frances Parker
Producer: Catherine Wearing
Producer: Michael Wearing
Writer: Charles Dickens
Writer: Sandy Welch
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 351 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-09-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner
Movie Reviews of Our Mutual Friend
Movie Review: By Dickens, I loved it!
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a big fan of Brit Lit Films, especially the lush contemporary variety. Our Mutual Friend was well cast and beautifully filmed. It was true to the spirit of Dickens and is a new favorite I will watch again and again. The lovely Keely Hawes is always watchable, but rave reviews go to Peter Vaughn in the title role as Mr Boffin, a dust man turned heir; and to David Morrisey for his compelling portrayal of the very unstable school master helplessly in love with rivergirl, Lizzie Hexam (Hawes). Also look out for a fantastic river character portrayal by David Bradley.
Twisting Dickensonian plot is expertly directed/edited with a satisfactory surprise ending. Scenery and costumes are gorgeous, and acting is top notch. Even my teenage daughter ended up loving it.
Summary of Our Mutual Friend
Critically acclaimed as Dickens' crowning achievement, this sweeping tale of two turbulent love affairs plays out amidst a tangled web of wealth, corruption, passion and betrayal in 1860s London.One of Charles Dickens' darkest yet also most romantic novels gets a lavish treatment in this BBC mini-series of Our Mutual Friend. The heir to a great fortune made from the garbage business is drowned--and his death affects everyone. His father's manager, Noddy Boffin (Peter Vaughan, Brazil), gets the money, to the alarm of snooty society. The man who pulled the heir's body out of the Thames is accused of his murder; his daughter, Lizzie Hexam (Keeley Hawes, Tipping the Velvet), finds herself pursued by both an idle gentleman (Paul McGann, Withnail & I) and an obsessed, violent schoolteacher (David Morrissey, Basic Instinct 2). The heir's intended bride, Bella Wilfer (Anna Friel, Me Without You, gets socially adopted by the Boffins, where she succumbs to the lure of money above all and spurns the interest of a mysterious stranger (Steven Mackintosh, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels). The plot creeps up and down London society like a tenacious plant, twining around a pair of golddiggers who mistakenly married each other and a heartsick bone merchant named Mr. Venus (Timothy Spall, Secrets & Lies). This excellent adaptation moves with aggressive speed, drawing the viewer into the grimy worlds of the riverside and the dust heaps and the glittering, gossiping parties of the rich. Our Mutual Friend balances one of Dickens' most entrancing love stories with his creepiest gothic turns--it's a rich stew of characters both earnest and vile, made with sumptuous production values and movie-quality cinematography. --Bret Fetzer
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