Dickens and PJ Harvey team up for a melodrama as murky as the river

Dickens and PJ Harvey team up for a melodrama as murky as the Thames. Updated reimaging of Our Mutual Friend is like a 19th-century noir. With its heavy mood and gnomic song lyrics, this updated reimaging is like an old-fashioned noir.

Harvey’s songs prove more of a help than a hindrance in this so-so adaptation of Our Mutual Friend. But it boasts a transfixing stage debut. Dickens plus Harvey makes for an uneasy marriage. Harvey's songs are more of help than hinderrance in the adaptation.