Title: Charmless and shallow
Product review: Having enjoyed the book (several times) despite its lack of reality and adherence to a pastoral myth of perfection in everything (come on, how likely is it that all bad things become good and every important person is totally charming and/or perfect looking, while all the horrid ones get their just desserts), I was interested in seeing the screen adaption. Yuck. Charmless, poor and wooden acting, changed story lines and themes all contributed to a total let-down. To me, it seemed to be just a cynical means of extracting more money out of a popular novel (a bit like the merchandising that goes on around all sorts of movies)and to hell with the atmosphere.
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