Mr. Pip (2012) is an inspiring and powerful film. Mr. Watts is the only white man left on the island after it is cut off from the outside world. He opens a school and introduces the children to the power of great expectations through the story of Pip from Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. Matilda, a young teenager, finds solace in the story as her world is torn apart by the invading Redskin soldiers who are destroying rebel villages. She writes ‘Pip’ in the sand, leading to disastrous consequences when the Redskin soldiers suspect Pip to be the leader of the rebellion and demand he be brought forward. The simple act leads to tragic results as the Redskin soldiers suspect Pip to be the leader of the rebellion and demand he be brought forward.