Good Movie Based on Awful Book

Rating: 7/10 (13 January 2008)

THE BAD NEWS: After I finished reading Cecilia Ahern's novel "P.S. I Love You", I was disappointed. The story was a great idea, the perfect chick-lit topic. Unfortunately, Ahern didn't manage to pull off the charming, touching and very human story she intended. The main character, Holly Kennedy, ended up a pathetic whiner and by the end of the book I was thinking "just get over it already!!!".
THE GOOD NEWS: I can count on one hand the similarities between the novel and the film. The screenwriters (Ahern was, thankfully, not one of them) took the fresh, interesting idea and ran with it. Other than names and basic plot points, the film is totally different than the book. The characters are sympathetic, Holly is charming and funny - someone us girls would hang out with. Even the setting is different (book: Ireland, film: New York City.) When a friend dragged me to the movie (yes, she had to drag me - after that awful book, I had no desire to waste 2 hours on the movie), I was not hopeful. Five minutes into the movie I was hooked. I loved it.
Cheers to author Cecilia Ahern for her great idea... and for not participating as a screenwriter - she did us all a favor there.
See this movie, you'll love it!!