This year's Great Expectations is the work of the Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight and stars Olivia Colman as Miss Havisham. March 05, This adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel, which stars Olivia Colman, Fionn Whitehead and Shalom Brune-Franklin, is a very dark and. Uncategorized. February 28, at a. She appears. By Laura Miller. EST. . Steven Knight's adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic Great Expectation features exceptional performances by Oliva Colman and Fionn. Vinson Cunningham, theater critic for. Written by Steven Knight and co-produced by the BBC and FX, this “Great Expectations” is dimly lit and grimly violent, with the chaos and sudden. Vinson Cunningham's impressive debut novel finds a watchful campaign aide measuring his ambitions on the trail of a magnetic presidential. The only thing that sets the adaptation apart from the rest is the exaggeration of Miss Havisham's rage and her overwhelming presence. Review: Coming-of-age 'Great Expectations' offers trip back to the Obama-era. Mar 16, ANN LEVIN. m. Vinson Cunningham's sparkling debut novel, set during the Obama campaign, earns its comparisons to Henry James. Review by Ron Charles. Vinson Cunningham's novel is a coming-of-age story that captures the soul of America. Fiction allows author Vinson Cunningham to find small moments of beauty in ways that a memoir of his own campaign experience would not.