Dev Patel stars as the title character in "The Personal History of David Copperfield," the most madcap Charles Dickens adaptation you'll ever see.

The movies haven’t always been good to Charles Dickens.

The creator of “Veep” and “The Death of Stalin” has fun with a color-blind take on Dickens’ large and wacky cast of characters "The Personal History of David Copperfield" / Searchlight ...

The Personal History of David Copperfield is a new movie that retells the Charles Dickens' classic, but is it worth watching in theaters?

Exuberant fun and packed with excellent, plainly delighted actors, “The Personal History of David Copperfield” gallops through Charles Dickens’ tale with just enough fidelity to the source ...

“The Personal History of David Copperfield” is, indeed, personal — and, because of it, the movie draws us into David’s, and Dickens’, world and cajoles us into paying our full attention.

Armando Iannucci on transforming 'The Personal History of David Copperfield' from a period drama into a movie about Britain's present moment.

Charles Dickens at the Movies Armando Iannucci’s “The Personal History of David Copperfield” has a Dickensian knack for gratifying popular taste while yanking the audience toward emotional ...

Premiering at the Toronto Film Festival, "The Personal Diary of David Copperfield" is putting a fun spin on Charles Dickens' classic Victorian novel.

M erging the talents of Armando Iannucci, the master of ornate R-rated invective, and Charles Dickens, a writer with a capacious soul and a graceful wit, promises to be interesting, or at least weird.