The Personal History of David Copperfield

is it incredibly faithful to the book? not particularly. was it very lovely anyway? yes!

I'm not convinced that a Whimsical film adaptation is entirely appropriate for Dickens. That said it is enjoyable enough to warrant a viewing.

I've read the book and know the story well. I was prepared for a different take on the story and I love Dev Patel. My 2 stars have nothing to do with the casting! I was enjoying the film until David got to Betsey Trotwood's house and met Hugh Laurie. From that point on, it started to fall apart and became increasingly ridiculous. Yes it was funny in parts (Ben Whishaw as Uriah Heep was the best thing in the whole film) but it skipped around so much, I didn't care for any of the characters or what happened to them. DC is a fantastically emotional and even tragic story but this was just trying to be clever for the sake of it, and wasn't particularly funny. Switched off after 1 hr 20 minutes as we were bored. Do yourself a favour and listen to the Audible adaptation of DC by Sam Mendes starring Ncuti Gatwa instead - it's fantastic.

FCs! A movie about David Copperfield as an Indian. The critics might like it, but yer average person?

If you're looking for a faithful adaptation of David Copperfield, you're better off with Masterpiece Theater. This, instead, is a decidedly more delightful and whimsical romp through the adventures of David Copperfield. The acting is fantastic, the art direction is beautiful, and the departures from the original tale are just creative enough to keep you guessing as to what happens next.

Simon Blackwell and Armando Iannucci adapt (and the latter directs) Charles Dickens’ Bildungsroman DAVID COPPERFIELD about the titular protagonist's coming of age odyssey in 19th-century England, that is also autobiographical, into a spirited comedy thriving with stellar ensemble performance, fervent writing, ingenious camerawork and adventuresome casting.

This movie is great. But like 54 precent is low

If you have read the book, do not watch the movie. If you are looking for a serious, historical movie, don't watch the movie. I felt insulted after watching this, they omitted and changed so many essential parts of the book. I understand it's hard, after all its a long book, but that's not the way to go, sorry, but don't watch it.

I haven't read the book so can't get exercised about what has been missed out or merged while making this entertaining film.

This movie does no justice to the book. Huge sections and even critical events are omitted and characters from the book confusingly merged into a single character. The movie moves at lightening speed through the book, or at least that small fraction of the book it covers at all. I don't know how anyone could really understand what on earth is going on based on this mad jumble of a fraction of the book. For example, the odd bullying of Uriah just hops out of nowhere, doesn't make sense, and does violence to the character of David as portrayed in the book. The characters are ankle deep and their richness and complexity is entirely lost. Very disappointed with this clumsy and cartoonish slapping together of what can be generously referred to as a drunken skimming of the original book.