![]() ![]() ![]() In his approach to the material, McGrath has employed an amazing economy that allows him to effectively compress a 500-page novel into a 2 hour and 12 minute film. These picaresque tales almost always end up with the hero a bit wiser and less naïve for his experiences - but more committed than ever to righting wrongs and seeking justice for those less able to do so on their own. On his journey he meets many vivid and colorful characters, all of whom reveal to him both the goodness and the cruelty inherent in human nature. Like many of Dickens' protagonists, Nicholas is a young man who is forced by circumstances (in this case the death of his father) to leave the comfort and security of his home and family and to venture forth to make his way in the world. ![]() 'Nickleby' is quintessential Dickens in its mixture of sentiment and satire its finely drawn characters and caricatures its clear cut delineation of good and evil, hero and villain its melodramatic and coincidence-ridden plotting and its championing of the downtrodden underclass of 19th Century England. Writer/director Douglas McGrath has done a splendid job bringing Charles Dickens' delightful novel 'Nicholas Nickleby' to the big screen. ![]()
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