Title: Like the book? - Don't buy the movie
Product review: Any fan of the heart-wrenching Carson McCullers book that spawned this movie will kick themselves for buying this flick. The themes in the book are subtle in their intensity, like an ocean sunset. The movie takes these themes and defiles them - they are ... to the point of "after-school special" simplicity. The characters have no depth, no evolution.Arkin turns in a great performance, rising above the poor screen adaptation of a beautiful novel.
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