Save your money, go read the book

Rating: 5/10 (17 July 2006)

As a big fan of the book, I was very disappointed by the movie version. I went in excited because I thought I was going to see all of my favorite scenes translated to film but was disappointed because this wasn't the case. The whole "Lily" subplot is not there and that makes for one boring ending. While Lily does mention that she and Andy have been best friends for sixteen years, not much else is said. In the book, Lily is a college student studying Russian literature and she sleeps with random guys and has a drinking problem. In the movie, all we know about her is that she is Andy's best friend and she owns an art gallery. In the movie, Andy just leaves her job in Paris instead of the much more dramatic ending in the book where she goes to Lily who has been in an accident. Also, the character of Alex was totally cut out of the movie and instead her boyfriend is Nate. The only thing I liked about the movie was Meryl Streep's performance. I say, save your money and read the book. The book is richer and is more interesting. Hollywood has once again taken a perfectly good book and twisted it into a disaster of a movie.