Honest Adaptation of the Book

Rating: 8/10 (21 June 2014)

My teenage daughter gave me the book a week before the movie came out. I knew it was teen fiction, and I also knew that a lot of young people (especially girls) were waiting for the movie release with bated breath (and stocking up on tissues in anticipation). I finally went to see the movie with my daughter and it was lovely - though you could probably have sailed out of the movie theatre on the river of tears going on around us by the end of the film.
This is a very faithful adaptation, though it leaves out a lot of the philosophical stuff in the book (that really wouldn't have translated well on screen). The lead actors were excellent and it was interesting that this movie (with a modest budget) out-sold the latest Tom Cruise blockbuster on the same opening weekend.
These 2 young lead actors are definitely worth watching again.