Wasted chance

Rating: 6/10 (6 July 2004)

Dear Mr. Manghella:
Please do not ruin another book. Please do not write your screenplay without outside assistance. Please do not add scenes that were not originally there and subtract or change significant events in a beautiful work of art. Please do not allow overacting in your leads (Zellweger) or miscasting (Kidman).
Thank you for keeping Jude Law on the right path for a beautiful understated performance in keeping with the nature of Inman, his character. Thank you for taking such care to reproduce the times and locales of the South during the Civil War so beautifully and accurately.
Thank you for the incredible recreation of the battle of Petersberg at the start of the movie.
Now get to work and try it again.