Enjoyable, but not a patch on the book

Rating: 6/10 (17 June 2006)

I had high hopes for this film after enjoying the book. If you have read the book, maybe it's not a good idea to see this movie as ultimately you will leave the cinema disappointed. It is however a well paced, well made movie with some very good points. You can't expect all the aspects of the book to be incorporated into a movie but I felt that the missing parts took away all the point to the story. Tom Hanks was brilliant as always but wasn't streached by the role. The chemistry between the two leads wasn't there at all.
I feel that had I not read the book first I may have enjoyed this film more but the missing aspect of the story, I felt, were the best bits of the book. Maybe this should have been a TV series so that all the aspects of the search could have been included.
It's probably going to be better when I watch it again. I have a feeling it will be one of those films that I will enjoy when it comes out on DVD.