Play Vs. Movie

Rating: 9/10 (3 April 2005)

This movie is without a doubt one of the most amazing films I've seen for quite a while, but as a huge fan of Marber, I was a little upset when comparing the two. Both are excellent, but if we're being honest, don't see both. Choose one or the other. The play is more depressing, but also much more brutally honest whereas, in the process of taking the play to the big screen, several things had to be changed to make it more Hollywood, a.k.a. less depressing. Another thing that kinda got to me was the Britishness of it all. It was supposed to be British, it was good British, but when you get two American actresses to play the lead roles, see if you can get rid of the British slang, they just sound kinda dumb saying it.