Liked the book better

Rating: 6/10 (14 November 2003)

I thought the movie really captured the feeling of the book. Especially the neighborhood and the interaction between the characters. I had just finished the book though, and it was close to the book, but a lot was left out. The book developed the characters much deeper and I felt that if you hadn't read the book you would have missed too much of the story. My husband hadn't read the book and he said he didn't see a lot of the connections between the characters in the move. I loved the kind of noir feeling the movie had, I liked Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins and Sean Penn as the main characters. They all did a wonderful job.