This is a film adaptation of the famous novel by Charles Dickens. This version is from Armando Iannucci and makes use of colour-blind casting.
It focuses on his David wrote bus life story, what he included, what he changed and what he wrote out.
Although there are comedic elements in other film and TV versions (and in the original novel), this is a lot funnier than previous adaptations I remember seeing.
However, the main problem is the adaptations made to the storyline. It felt a bit like an idealised fan fiction adaptation, that took some liberties with the story.
The character of Barkus is entirely absent, David’s romances are heavily abridged meaning the “will they, won’t they” aspects aren’t as interesting, Mr McAwber doesn’t seem to give his excellent lesson in budgeting, no one is deported, and the storm scene has an ambiguously changed ending.
6/10