What's the Difference between Great Expectations the Book and Great Expectations the Movie?

Drama

Great Expectations

72%
Released: 1861
Author: Charles Dickens

Great Expectations

28%
Released: 1998
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Characters
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In the Book In the Movie
Philip "Pip" Pirrip
Finnegan Bell
Portrayed by: Ethan Hawk
Estella
Estella
Portrayed by: Gwyneth Paltrow
Miss Havisham
Nora Dinsmoor
Portrayed by: Anne Bancroft
Convict/Magwitch
Prisoner / Lustig
Portrayed by: Robert Deniro
Great Expectations Book vs Movie
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This Spoils the Ending
In the Book In the Movie
   Pop has a confrontation with Miss Havisham about Estella and she ends up catching on fire. She later dies from her injuries. Dinsmoor dies while Finn is in Paris.
   Pip finds Estella in the ruins of the Satis House. There is the suggestion that Pip and Estella will marry. She has no children. Finn goes to Paradiso Perduto and sees a little girl who reminds him of Estella. It turns out to be Estella's daughter. They reconcile and hold hands.
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