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Nicholas Nickleby
Directed by
Douglas McGrath
PG
2002
2h 12m
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7.1
79%
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A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-heartedly grasping uncle.
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Cast of Nicholas Nickleby
Charlie Hunnam
Nicholas Nickleby
Nathan Lane
Vincent Crummles
Jim Broadbent
Mr. Wackford Squeers
Christopher Plummer
Ralph Nickleby
Jamie Bell
Smike
Anne Hathaway
Madeline Bray
Alan Cumming
Mr. Folair
Timothy Spall
Charles Cheeryble
Romola Garai
Kate Nickleby
Andrew Havill
Mr. Nickleby
Stella Gonet
Mrs Nickleby
Hugh Mitchell
Boy Nicholas Nickleby
Tom Courtenay
Newman Noggs
Juliet Stevenson
Mrs. Squeers
Lucy Davis
Maid
Kevin McKidd
John Browdie
Edward Fox
Sir Mulberry Hawk
Nicholas Rowe
Lord Verisopht
Angus Wright
Mr. Pluck
Barry Humphries
Mrs. Crummies/Mr. Leadville
Eileen Walsh
The Infant Phenomenon
Mark Wells
Romeo in Play
Daisy Haggard
Juliet in Play
Phil Davis
Brooker
Gerard Horan
Ned Cheeryble
William Ash
Frank Cheeryble
Sophie Thompson
Miss Lacreevy
David Bradley
Nigel Bray
Edward Hogg
Young Mr. Bray
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Doctor
Angela Curran
Parent
Bruce Cook
Little Wackford Squeers
Nicholas Nickleby Ratings & Reviews
Variety
Steven Oxman
Pic separates itself out by hitting the humor as hard as the pathos, finding a nice contrast between the caricatures of the supporting roles and the dimensionality of the leads.
New York Magazine/Vulture
John Leonard
... makes for bravura storytelling...
Common Sense Media
Nell Minow
Respectful adaptation of rich Dickens novel.
Decent Films
Steven D. Greydanus
Does a respectable job of retelling as much of Dickens' tale as possible in the time alloted.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
It's thin, and McGrath wouldn't know subtlety if it bit him on the butt. Still, it's entertaining enough, and the two-plus hours the film runs fly by.
Observer
Andrew Sarris
The film is enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits, headed by Christopher Plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil Uncle Ralph I've ever seen in the many film and stage adaptations of the work.
TIME Magazine
Richard Schickel
A beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps Dickens evergreen: the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Although Nicholas Nickleby occasionally evidences a simplicity that resembles a Junior Scholastic production, the movie's enthusiasm is contagious.
Houston Chronicle
Bruce Westbrook
With Dickens' words and writer-director Douglas McGrath's even-toned direction, a ripping good yarn is told.
Detroit News
Tom Long
It's just sort of there, one more adaptation of a long rambling Charles Dickens soap opera well-stocked with respected British actors playing painfully stereotypical characters.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Cater
If you really want a taste of this classic, rent the video of the RSC production. But if you're only looking for a charming time passer, this movie is just the thing.
Dallas Morning News
Philip Wuntch
The entire movie has a truncated feeling, but what's available is lovely and lovable.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Plummer steals the show without resorting to camp as Nicholas' wounded and wounding Uncle Ralph. It's a great performance and a reminder of Dickens' grandeur.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Trust and deceit, generosity and meanness are fleshed out by a deft cast.
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
To paraphrase a line from another Dickens' novel, Nicholas Nickleby is too much like a fragment of an underdone potato.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
The movie's a rambunctious joy.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
It's no easy trick to resist the charms of Douglas McGrath's Nicholas Nickleby, and anyone starved for a nice hats-and-corsets literary adaptation certainly isn't up to the task.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
A generous tale, told through big performances by a talented cast, presenting a range of colorful characters that only Dickens could have created.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The movie is jolly and exciting and brimming with life, and wonderfully well-acted.
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