Big disappointment if you've read the book...

Rating: 4/10 (14 July 2006)

I came expecting the movie to at least bear some resemblance to the book - which I LOVED! The climactic scene from the book was something I looked forward to seeing on the screen. Alas, it was not to be. The movie moved SO fast, you couldn't tell what Andy was doing half the time. Nigel was a very minor character in the book - but he dominated the movie (and did so very well, I might add). Meryl Streep was fantastic as Miranda - but the glimpse of the "human" side of Miranda (when she tells Andy about her upcoming divorce through tears) didn't happen in the book and I felt it weakened her character. The character of Lilly was predominant in the book - and in the end, is partly responsible for Andy's epiphany of what she had become. Lilly was only seen briefly in the movie. And Alex (Nate in the movie) was like two different people. Even movie Andy weakens her character by sleeping with Christian (which she doesn't do in the book). I don't think the movie does justice to this wonderful novel. If I were Lauren Weisberger, I'd be upset.