Title: If you've already read the book...
Review: ... this will be a very disappointing film. Only the first segment of the book is covered - Bobby Garfield and Ted Brautigan. The characters are well-portrayed - Bobby, his mother, Carol, and Anthony Hopkins as Brautigan. Hence my two-star rating. But the rest of King's fine book - Bobby's depression and descent into juvenile delinquincy, Pete Riley and Carol at college, Carol's transformation into the political radical "Red Carol," the "penance" of "Blind Willie" Shearman, and John Sullivan's bizarre death - are all missing. We're told at the end of the film that Carol is dead. The final reunion, which so beautifully concluded the book, is also missing. Bobby never hears from Brautigan again - no rose petals. It's hard to believe that King allowed this stripped-down version to be filmed. Even the title - "Hearts In Atlantis" - is meaningless in the context of this film. I thought King cared more about his work than this.
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