Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
Directed by Douglas McGrath
Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.
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She is a beauty and a gifted comedian, who played Kate in " Nicholas Nickleby " and was the younger sister, Cassandra, in the wonderful 2003 film " I Capture the Castle ."
Yet Luna (Y Tu Mama Tambien) and Garai (Nicholas Nickleby) make an appealing couple, while fans of the original Dirty Dancing will be rewarded with an extended cameo by Swayze as a dance instructor.
This time around, class brain and social klutz Katey (Romola Garai, the innocent little sister of "Nicholas Nickleby" with a flavorless mid-Atlantic accent passing for American) is dropped into Batista's Cuba, circa 1958.
The results are thoroughly entertaining and often surprisingly funny, although Charlie Hunnam ("Abandon") is bland as the totally good Nicholas and his romance with Madeline Bray (Anne Hathaway, "The Princess Diaries") is too abruptly handled to inspire a rooting interest.
At least Hunnam ("Nicholas Nickleby") shaved his head and wears bulky jackets to cover up his slight frame, and his performance does have a certain prickly edge to it.
Jaeger pilot Raleigh Becket (Charlie Hunnam, "Nicholas Nickleby," TV's 'Sons of Anarchy') recalls that he always expected the aliens to attack from above, but that's not the way it happened.