TIFF Review: 'Great Expectations' 

"Helena Bonham Carter is the ideal Miss Havisham. The eccentric British actress often looks as if just she stepped out of Charles Dickens novel whenever she walks a red carpet in real life, so Bonham Carter looks right at home in Miss Havisham’s tattered dress (the costumes of the film are excellent) and her Bride of Frankenstein hair-do (the make-up is also quite good). Miss Havisham is the one character from the novel that enables ample scene-chewing, and Bonham Carter makes the most of this delicious role and steals the film with every scene she appears."