Oh my - could they have done any worse.

Rating: 5/10 (18 May 2006)

Firstly - the book. It took some time, but eventually I was converted and read it.....quickly. Engrossing, page turning piece of harmless fun which had the right mix of ideas to make it work on the big screen.
But then Ron Howard forgot that the adaptations which work best are just that, adaptations, not cut and paste efforts.
He sticks with fervour to the original text of the book, and instead of taking the best ideas and working with them to reinvent the novel for the screen, he includes everything, and boy does it become a borefest.
Bar McKellan, the cast are really really flat. I won't give away anymore in case there are some of you out there who haven't read the book.
But my advice, read the book.