Title: Mostly disappointing.
Product review: If you're unfamiliar with Pratchett's work, this adaptation is unlikely to hook you. Instead of the sharp satire of the novels, it's just fantasy rehashed with some CGI and terrible, terrible acting. Sean Astin pretty much ruined this all on his own; there wasn't a single scene he was in that didn't leave me cringing. Worse, Jeremy Irons butchtered the clever and icy Patrician, giving him a lisp, of all things. I was embarrassed just watching this. Some of the storytelling was cute, but you'd be better off with the actual books. Hogfather was a thousand times better, and I didn't even like the original book all that much. Really, if you much be introduced to Pratchett through television, go with Hogfather, which was much truer to the book and to Terry's intelligent style.
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