Release Date
August 28, 2020 (Limited)
Digital Date
November 17, 2020
Director
Armando Iannucci
Writer
Armando Iannucci, Simon Blackwell
Cast
Dev Patel, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton
Studio
Running Time
119 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated PG for thematic material and brief violence
What is The Personal History of David Copperfield about?
From birth to infancy, from adolescence to adulthood, the good-hearted David Copperfield is surrounded by kindness, wickedness, poverty and wealth, as he meets an array of remarkable characters in Victorian England. As David sets out to be a writer, in his quest for family, friendship, romance and status, the story of his life is the most seductive tale of all.
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I’m one who is glutton for punishment. I like films dark with a dose of depressing, and some ruthless frosting on top. Needless to say, the cheery, bright-colored The Personal History of David Copperfield, in which Dev Patel walks around smiling the entire time, lands far away from my preferences.
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