Give me my 127 minutes back...

Rating: 1/10 (22 January 2012)

I did not read the book or see the BBC production - was completely confused, as were my husband and the people sitting near us. Plus, bored - I actually fell asleep at one point. No character development, little action - given the book's success I have to assume the fault lies with the film. A dismal adaptation. (updated: apparently you need ten lines of text to post a review: I don't think the film merits that much thought, but let's just say that I agree with other reviewers that the movie is confused, dull, plodding, too much shuffling papers and not enough action, and absolutely a miss for anyone who is not already familiar with the basic story.