British director Armando Iannucci brings colourblind casting and a love of language to his adaptation, says Chris Knight
Dev Patel takes centre stage as Copperfield. Or you may think of him as Dickens, as this was the author’s most autobiographical novel. You won’t be alone in changing his name. The movie plays up the characters’ habit of renaming the protagonist on a whim. So his mother calls him Davy; his wife, Doady; a friend at school, Daisy; his aunt, Trotwood; and so on.
The picaresque adventure follows Copperfield through his life, from working in a bottling factory to striking up a friendship with the impecunious Micawber and finding a home with his aunt and her eccentric lodger Mr. Dick . Along the way he falls, heavily and almost simultaneously, for Agnes and also Dora Spenlow, daughter of the man who employs Copperfield as a proctor.
Dickens seems like a perfect fit for the British filmmaker. In addition to his more famous works – TV’s
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