Jonathan Storm of "The Philadelphia Inquirer" stated, "Andrew Davies, who made 2006's "Bleak House" one of the best TV shows of the year, crafts another superb script, with characters and incidents squeezing out the sides, just the thing to satisfy close observers, which anyone joining this maxi mini-series should be. Costumes, sets, and actors, a broad lot of those super-skilled, terrifically trained Brits, make for sumptuous viewing . . . You pretty much know what to expect when "Masterpiece" visits the 19th century. But "Little Dorrit" stands at the high end of a very lofty list of period-piece achievement. It's big entertainment."