A wonderful theatrically rich production with excellent supporting cast (Nathan Lane, Juliet Stephenson and Jamie Ellis will now be my definitive view of those Dickens characters) but Charlie Hunnam was not strong enough as the lead. He had star quality (was brilliant in 'Queer as folk')but was not Nicholas. His accent was very odd and changeable ( sounding Welsh at one point) - the girl from Princess Diaries who played Madelaine, although visually right, couldn't keep an English accent going from one sentence to another. When you are English, watching a film set in England, these things grate! Inspired idea using Barry Humphries in a dual role - a very well judged performance. Worth seeing but maybe a book like this is better suited to a TV series.
Review of Nicholas Nickleby
