What I say doesn't matter

Rating: 6/10 (10 April 2004)

I'm not a fan of the books. The ones I read seem like Roald Dahl wannabes. To me the books were young adult fiction that seems like young adult fiction.
This the, film version of the first book is actually pretty good, but suffers painfully from the fact that it attempts to get everything in the book on the screen. I am certain that the film would have been a classic had someone had the balls to reshape the novel into a movie instead of trying to make the movie into the novel.
If you want to see a good, but not great movie, and to get a faithful feeling for one of the most successful series of books ever made without having to days reading the books then by all means watch this, just expect frequent draggy spots.