Nicholas Nickleby (2002 film) The film received positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 77% out of 122 professional critics gave the film a positive review, with a rating average of 6.8/10 and the critical consensus being: "Thanks to a strong cast of experienced actors and director Douglas McGrath's steady hand, "Nicholas Nickleby" is a worthy and respectful adaptation of the Dickens novel." In his review in "The New York Times", A. O. Scott called the film "two hours of swift, engaging entertainment" and added, "The book's theme and spirit have been dutifully respected. No, what Mr. McGrath has done with
Golden Square fictional Sink Street, off Golden Square. The Square also features in "Confessions Of An English Opium Eater" by Thomas De Quincey. It is there that he parts for the last time from Anne, the prostitute with whom he falls in love. Golden Square also features in Charles Dickens' works "David Copperfield" and "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby." In "Nickleby" it is the square where Ralph Nickleby lives in a spacious house and has his "establishment." Dickens describes the square thus Although a few members of the graver professions live about Golden Square, it is not exactly in anybody's