Rotten Tomatoes

Movies / TV

    Celebrity

      No Results Found

       View All       Movies Tv shows Shop News Showtimes

      The Old Curiosity Shop

      2007 1 hr. 35 min. Drama List
      Reviews 43% 50+ Ratings Audience Score A London man (Derek Jacobi) and his granddaughter face the wrath of greedy loan shark Quilp (Toby Jones). Read More Read Less

      Audience Reviews

      View All (6) audience reviews
      Steve D A good version but it is just far too bleak. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/14/23 Full Review SICKS6SIX S Worth watching just for the names of the characters alone. Dickens had a great imagination when it comes to names. Great story with great actors. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/12/23 Full Review Audience Member So sad. Disappointing and disappointed that redeeming virtues are invisible. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Every once in a while, I find a BBC film that I really enjoy. This was not one of those times. I watched about half an hour and could not tolerate the boredom any more. Don't bother with this- unless you're looking for something to put you to sleep. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Dickens never disappoints. The characters are always... characters! Melodramatic fun. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Money....power...why humans are so blind upon this things? Money dosn't buy happiness not even the power. Is pathetic and stupid. I don't care if I wrote that right or wrong but it really makes me a bit mad. Anyway, Dickens as always makes me wonder if he was a human with open mind since all his stories critique a lot the human society, specially the one in London. Plot: Quilp wants money and looks for ways to get it. The Grandfather and Nell are the new targets of him. Why? Easy: Money. Both escape to get a better life but something will make them take a new path and maybe not a good one. Stars for the story-telling? Yes. A good adaptation? Have read many great reviews and I do not trust so much the ones in youtube since fans obviously are not good to trust lately hehe. Anyway, Dickens did a masterpiece and the script for this one was marvelous. Acting: No doubt the cast was magnific and extraordinary. Sophie as Nell nailed the role and was wonderfully great. Same Derek as Grandfather. Toby as Quilp (first time seeing this actor ACT since he did the voice of my favorite domestic elf, DOBBY) was scary, nasty and absolutly amazing! Gosh what an act! The rest of the cast was magnific as I wrote before. Zoe was great as always (almost screamed when I saw her on the screen Madame Houch or whatever you write that lol). Martin Freeman as puppet master (yes he was a person doing puppet theater) was incredible in his role I even laughed a bit even if I knew his role would evolved to one I would not like that much (people like this character exists and a lot). Anyway, stars for everyone even the extras, crew and director. Music: My tears enjoyed this part. Yes I cried at the very ending. The moral was perfect and the score marvelous. So yes, star for the musicians. To end this review, 4 stars of 5. Enjoy and HASTA LA PROXIMA AMIGOS/AS! CHAO! BLESS YOU ALL!!! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

      Cast & Crew

      Show Less Cast & Crew Show More Cast & Crew

      More Like This

      View All Best Movies to Stream at Home
      Discover more movies and TV shows. View More

      Photos

      View All The Old Curiosity Shop photos

      The Old Curiosity Shop

      View more photos

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A London man (Derek Jacobi) and his granddaughter face the wrath of greedy loan shark Quilp (Toby Jones).
      Director
      Brian Percival
      Executive Producer
      Rebecca Eaton, Andrew Lowe, Gareth Neame
      Screenwriter
      Martyn Hesford
      Production Co
      WGBH, Ingenious Broadcasting
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      May 5, 2009