Really good but still disappointing.

Rating: 7/10 (2 January 2017)

I loved the book, which I read about three years ago and that's the problem.
If I'd watched the film without reading the book, perhaps I'd have given it an eight or a nine but, even though it is faithful to the book, I find the film does not live up to the book's promise.
I think this is mainly because some of the actors play their characters in such a way that their personalities are too easy to read.
There are exceptions. Janet for instance and Christina were both played as if they were three dimensional people with lives before and after the story begins and ends. I also found Four quite credible but sadly, Triss the dauntless did not leave up to the promise she showed early in the film as a wannabe.
And Yet...
Overall, I found the film worked very well. The scene setting was as I expected it and the dialogue was realistic. As I said earlier. Really good, even though I expected more.