"Inspired" by the book. The turtle couldn't help us anyway.

Rating: 5/10 (10 September 2019)

Do not go into this film thinking it'll be like the book. The director took a whole lot of liberties with this film. About 20 minutes into it this movie jumped off the rails and began swinging wild. However the actors done an amazing job with the script. As the book fan I am highly dissatisfied with the movie. I will not post any spoilers but when *that* storyline showed up there was a collective groan in the theater. If you have not read the book I am thinking you will enjoy the movie. Be prepared though it's almost 3hrs long. There's a lot of scenes that could have been cut out and still leave plenty in the movie. There are a few Jump scares, not to bad though. There are also funny parts too. (Those little scenes were cute and funny. There were laughs in the theater) At the end of the day though go watch the movie and decide for yourself if you think it's good or bad or boring. I rated it a 5 simply because I couldn't get past the extreme differences the movie and book have. The actors were awesome and the film had a nice "color" so to speak to it.