Our Mutual Friend
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Actor: Anna Friel, Keeley Hawes, Paul McGann, Peter Vaughan, Steven MackintoshBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 354 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-09-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: E2338
Studio: BBC Worldwide
Movie Reviews of Our Mutual Friend
Movie Review: A stellar adaptation of Dickens' novel
Summary: 5 Stars
"Our Mutual Friend" is an adaptation of Dickens' last novel, arguably one of his best. The book was filled with compelling insights and social commentary which has been well-translated in this adaptation. Through the two main love stories, one gains a deeper understanding of the hypocrisy of the upper classes and of the unbearably stuffy conventions and etiquette of the time, all of which revolve around the class divisions between the lower and upper classes. Bella Wilfer (Anna Friel) is prepared to accept a marriage of convenience, to John Harmon (Steven Mackintosh) after he returns from a long stay abroad, for the sake of money and status in society. When John Harmon is found dead, a result of drowning in the river Thames, Bella's future takes a different turn - she ends up marrying John Rokesmith, a lowly secretary, but it is a marriage out of love this time around. There are some dark secrets in this story, a sort of mystery that unravels over a period of time.
Then there is the story of Eugene Wrayburn (Paul McGann) who though poor is of noble birth. Eugene falls for young Lizzie Hexam (a very young Keeley Hawes, one of my favorite period actors, who has been in Wives and Daughters, Under the Greenwood Tree, and The Moonstone, among others). This romance too crosses social divisions, as young Lizzie's father drags corpses out of the River Thames for a living. The social criticism inherent in Dickens' novel is starkly and credibly portrayed in this adaptation and the cast does an excellent job in bringing this story vividly to life. An excellent adaptation that would have done Dickens' himself proud.
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