Disappointed

Rating: 3/10 (30 November 2011)

My wife and I took our 3 adult children for our traditional Thanksgiving family movie, and we were all disappointed. I think there is a good story, from the book, behind it but it wasn't actually shown well on the screen. It was too mosaic. There are several characters played well by great actors who are not developed well and could have been left out entirely without changing how you "felt" about the main characters or how they changed/grew through the twists and turns of the story. I would have preferred seeing a better written story that better demonstrates the internal changes that the characters are forced to make. I recommend folks go with low expectations.