One of my favourite books of all time!
Serviceable adaption. What makes it great is
ANTON YELCHIN! (rip) you can tell he was something special just by watching this movie. It just might be my favourite child performance of all time.
ANTHONY HOPKINS!
Pretty much what I imagined in the book
HOPE DAVIS
Added a lot of humanity to her character. She did well
MIKA BOOREM
Another pretty great child performance. Captured Carol
Performances all around were fantastic. The cinematography was also weirdly impactful and interesting for a 2001 mid budget movie no one knows about?? Was a treat to see.
Now it’s only a serviceable adaption as there was so many frustrating choices and missed opportunities in the film. Probably fine for someone who hasn’t read the book, but the book is so rich with little things that was neglected in this movie, a lot of those things that I actually think would of helped the movie a ton, turning it from a good movie to a great movie.
The book is also a collection of short stories, and missing out on 3 stories does impact the characters quite a bit. The book also had way more of a sense of anxiety to one of the major plot points, which the movie just brushes past. Even if I hadn’t read the book, I wish that plot point had more weight to it.
It’s just so close to being great , but just falters a bit.
Read the book but still a good flawed movie with amazing acting and interesting cinematography
One of my favourite books of all time!
Serviceable adaption. What makes it great is
ANTON YELCHIN! (rip) you can tell he was something special just by watching this movie. It just might be my favourite child performance of all time.
ANTHONY HOPKINS!
Pretty much what I imagined in the book
HOPE DAVIS
Added a lot of humanity to her character. She did well
MIKA BOOREM
Another pretty great child performance. Captured Carol
Performances all around were fantastic. The cinematography was also weirdly impactful and interesting for a 2001 mid budget movie no one knows about?? Was a treat to see.
Now it’s only a serviceable adaption as there was so many frustrating choices and missed opportunities in the film. Probably fine for someone who hasn’t read the book, but the book is so rich with little things that was neglected in this movie, a lot of those things that I actually think would of helped the movie a ton, turning it from a good movie to a great movie.
The book is also a collection of short stories, and missing out on 3 stories does impact the characters quite a bit. The book also had way more of a sense of anxiety to one of the major plot points, which the movie just brushes past. Even if I hadn’t read the book, I wish that plot point had more weight to it.
It’s just so close to being great , but just falters a bit.
Read the book but still a good flawed movie with amazing acting and interesting cinematography
