Don't waste your money/time if you've read the book.

Rating: 6/10 (5 June 2006)

And if you haven't read the book, do it instead of the movie. The movie builds suspense by hiding events and revealing them after the climactic event (when the book would have revealed more of these events in real time). This isn't true for the entire movie, but I did notice how the movie compresses a lot of the story. This was a highly anticipated movie, and I left the theater a bit disappointed. To the directors credit, I would say that a lot of the scenes appeared on the screen disturbingly similar to the way I perceived them while reading the book. The movie was entertaining, but I would be interested to know how someone perceives the book after having watched the movie first.