Not quite the book, but excellent for what it is

Rating: Null/10 (22 November 2018)

I loved the book, and I can't disagree with some of the negative reviews that focus on how it changed or omitted important details. But as a movie, I thought it worked quite well. All of the performances were quite strong. The characters all grew on me, just as they grew on Juliet in the story. I wish it had been a little more nuanced and less reliant on stereotypes-at times it verged on soap opera-but I still liked the plot, acting, scenery. I'm deducting one point simply because they could have tried harder to preserve more of the book, which might given the film more depth.