Great Expectations

Where to Watch Great Expectations (2012) (Legally)

Prepare for a life of great expectations.
Nov 30, 2012 GB 128 min 12A
6.4 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
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Where can I watch “Great Expectations” legally?
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Where to watch “Great Expectations” (2012) legally online? See US options first, with English-region fallbacks.

What to expect (spoiler-free)

Planning a movie night? This is a spoiler-free snapshot of “ (2012).

It sits in the Drama, Romance space and is paced for about 128 minutes.

Cast highlights include Jeremy Irvine, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Holliday Grainger.

The listed certification for some regions is “ (ratings vary by country).

Topics & keywords

based on novel or book, 19th century, secret benefactor, young gentleman

Official trailer

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Plot

Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

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Main cast

Jeremy Irvine
as Philip 'Pip' Pirrip
Helena Bonham Carter
as Miss Havisham
Ralph Fiennes
as Abel Magwitch
Holliday Grainger
as Estella Havisham
Robbie Coltrane
as Mr. Jaggers
Sally Hawkins
as Mrs. Joe
Jason Flemyng
as Joe Gargery
Ewen Bremner
as Wemmick
David Walliams
as Mr. Pumblechook