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Nicholas Nickleby (2002)

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Release Date: December 27, 2002 (LA/NY)
On DVD: July 22, 2003
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Running Time: 108 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG for thematic material involving violent action and a childbirth scene.
Director: Douglas McGrath
Writer: Douglas McGrath
Cast: Sophie Thompson, Juliet Stevenson, Timothy Spall, Miranda Richardson, Christopher Plummer, Hugh Mitchell, Kevin McKidd, Nathan Lane, Barry Humphries, Anne Hathaway, Romola Garai, Edward Fox, Alan Cumming, Tom Courtenay, Jim Broadbent, Jamie Bell, Charlie Hunnam

19th Century England. After their father dies, the Nickleby children, who always enjoyed a very comfortable lifestyle, are suddenly left penniless and sent to live with their uncle in London, only to find that he has no intentions of keeping them together. Nicholas is sent to work as a teacher at a school, but he ends up running away with one of the students to reunite his family. Read more

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Grade: B- Saturday was a long night. Having held onto three Netflix movies for almost a week now, it was my decision to watch them all in a row. The first two, Final Destination 2 and Spider, were duds, and so that left Nicholas Nickleby, the Charles Dickens adaptation, to be my savior... Read the full movie review

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