Little Dorrit

Released 1988
Stars Alec Guinness, Sarah Pickering, Cyril Cusack, Amelda Brown, Derek Jacobi, Joan Greenwood, Roshan Seth
Directed by Christine Edzard

PART ONE: NOBODY'S FAULT  Ambitious adaptation of Charles Dickens' satiric novel concerns upstanding but ineffectual Jacobi, and the young seamstress Little Dorrit (Pickering) who lives with her father (Guinness) in debtors' prison. Low-budget production is painstakingly slow-moving: viewers will either adore this or despise it.

PART TWO: LITTLE DORRIT'S STORY  Second half of saga unfortunately insists on recreating almost the entire first half scene for scene before moving forward. As in first part, there are several good performances (notably Guinness's) but screenplay is inadequate.

Summary by Leonard Maltin

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