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Actors: Jim Broadbent, Juliet Stevenson, Timothy Spall, Anne Hathaway, Charlie Hunnam, Romola Garai, Christopher Plummer, Jamie Bell
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Nicholas Nickleby (2002) |
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Nicholas Nickleby (Charlie Hunnam), an 18-year-old gentleman's son, is left to take care of his mother and his beautiful sister Kate (Romola Garai) after his father's death. His father left them no money, and his dying wish was that the family goes to London and turns to help from his brother Ralph, a well-to-do businessman.
Uncle Ralph (Christopher Plummer) is not at all happy about Nicholas, Kate, and Mrs. Nickleby showing up on his doorstep, but he feels obligated to do something for them. He finds them a place to live and helps Nicholas to get a job as a headmaster's assistant at Dotheboys Hall, a boarding school for boys in Yorkshire. Mr. Squeers, the headmaster, turns out to be a monster terribly abusing the students, especially one older boy, a poor cripple named Smike. One day, when the boy is once again being beaten, Nicholas interferes, thrashes the headmaster, and runs away from the school. Smike joins him.
They travel to Portsmouth, where they are unexpectedly invited to join a theater as actors. Things seem to go well, until Nicholas learns that his sister Kate is in trouble. Uncle Ralph, under whose protection the young lady was left, is using her to entertain his rich clients, caring little for her discomfort when those clients' advances go too far. Nicholas rushes back to London to defend the honor of his sister.
--Laura Southcombe, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Nicholas Nickleby (2002) |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 19th century
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- runaways!
- boarding school (wack wack!)
Family, struggling with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Uncle
Parent(s) gone?
- Dada gone
Age group
- trouble in high school
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- a teen
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) very skinny
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- small businessman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Is this movie based on a
- book
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