Good film but a polar opposite of the book

Rating: 4/10 (7 October 2015)

I think this film proves the old adage that 'inside every small man there's a big man trying to get out'.
I don't think Cruise must have read the book because to even think he could play the part with anything like a 'canon' portrayal is impossible. For one thing Jack Reacher is a giant among men not a midget.
I watched this as a last resort and just wish it wasn't the diminutive Cruise playing the lead because, for me, he's what stopped it from being a truly great film.
Much as I don't like the totally wooden Segal even he would have been a better choice.