![]() On its own terms, I would say Plummer’s Ralph is the greatest. Plummer gives Ralph a bit too much of a sense of humor at times, the actor’s own personality is clearly in evidence. What I meant was that he did the best job recreating the character from the book. I know I said that John Woodvine was the best Ralph Nickleby in my last post. This film easily has the highest number of the greatest character portrayals in any Nicholas Nickleby, starting with Christopher Plummer’s performance as Ralph. ![]() ![]() Not that there wasn’t plenty of gloom in the book or that there wasn’t comedy in the play. And while it’s obviously a less complete and comprehensive adaptation than the 1982 televised play, it captures much more of the book’s high spirits, which were somewhat drowned by that adaptation’s gloom and pretension. It doesn’t include nearly as many of the novel’s characters, but it arguably takes fewer liberties with the ones it does include and one of them is John Browdie (Kevin McKidd)! and with the plot. The 2002 Nicholas Nickleby movie, written and directed by Douglas McGrath, makes an interesting counterpoint to the 1947 one. ![]()
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