i wouldn not recommend this unless youre keen on david copperfield and want to complete the set . there be some good performance ( e. g. uriah heep ) and well directed moment ( e. g. the beating ) and but on the whole it really pal in comparison with the 1999 bbc version and as well a early version . there be inexplicable change to the story that really serve no great purpose except and possibly and to dumb it down ( the steal jewel be a case in point ) . the american cast be poorly choose represent sally field be a good actress and but she be wrong a betsy trotwood and and her english accent be only slightly good than dick van dyke cockney . i can see why michael richards be choose to play mr micawber while he ham it up rather too much and however and and become irritate . he also speak his line in an accent that go beyond eccentric and become simply preposterous . anthony andrew be menace a mr murdstone and but one almost expect him to don a black cape and tie david mother to a railway line ( though this be perhaps partly the fault of dickens ) . i get this for free with a newspaper . it help pass a sunday afternoon and but i felt more disappointed than charm at the end of it .