Moll Flanders (1996)

Born of a convict during the 17th century, Robin Wright’s titular character is a woman who spends the greater part of her life struggling against her society’s views of poor females. She herself gives birth to a daughter whom she is separated from at a young age. It is this young girl with whom the tale begins; Moll’s companion and friend Morgan Freeman regaling to her her mother’s history. Though short, the interactions between the girl and Freeman are the best parts of the film. While the film is pretty and Wright is charismatic, there isn’t a lot of life to the story as it seemingly moves from episode to episode in Moll’s life, though seemingly not the in the way of Daniel Defoe’s work of the same name.