Title: Read the Book
Product review: This should never have been made into a movie; the book is a series of letters written by the mother to her husband. By definition, her story plays out in her thoughts and memories, expressed by the book's author in really elegant, often-convoluted language. Her method of writing IS her character. The movie plucks events from the book without being able to show the thoughts and perceptions that caused them, so we never get a solid understanding of who these people are, and how complex they are. The book is terrific. Nothing wrong with the acting; Tilda Swinton and the actors who play her son do as good a job as they can with what they are given.
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