Well, as faithful as one can be to a 600-page novel in two hours, that is. And in choosing to cast the film in colorblind fashion–the title character is played by brown actor Dev Patel ( Slumdog Millionaire), for starters–Iannucci has subtly modernized it while grounding the piece firmly in its 1850s England period and staying largely faithful to the text. Perhaps the sheer horror of exposing the absurdity of modern politics in films and series like In The Loop, The Thick of It, The Death of Stalin, and the nearly perfect Veep left Iannucci so spiritually depleted that he had to find solace in something wholesome again.ĭon’t get me wrong: The Personal History of David Copperfield still tackles Dickens’ persistent themes of class, privilege, poverty, and human rights, although in far less scathing fashion than Iannucci is known for.
It seems strange to imagine that in this, of all years, our top satirist of all things political, Armando Iannucci, has chosen to make an earnest and charming new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield.
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