when i first saw the cast list of the two movie 1988 little dorrit and i be really excited and expect a sumptuous feast of dickens . what i get however be dreadful . in fact i would go a far to say that it be the bad historical drama i have see on the screen . bad ever screenplay bad ever direction . the music be completely incongruous and sometimes play so loud that it drown out the actor . in fact all the sound level be totally off . dreadful and dreadful acting in some place that even the like of alec guinness can not rise above . i would imagine that he cringe when he watch this for the first time . the lead character of sarah pickering play little dorrit could not act if her head be on fire . it embarrass . it be amateur hour really and a very expensive waste of great actor like jacobi and guinness . terrible limited set that keep crop up throughout . i mean and how many time can they use the bridge scene . i sit through the whole lot and but this movie be only fit for one thing and deletion .