Title: Another fine screen adaptation on a Stephen King story
Review: Earlier Stephen King movies were almost embarrassing to watch, not this one.The movie on its own is quite good. Hopkins is solid as ever, the young actor playing Bobby Garfield was especially good as were most of the main actors. One seldom enjoys the movie as much as the book and often portions of the story is truncated or changed to fit into a time-restricted screenplay. The book had a tad more fantasy aspect in regards to 'the low men', their vehicles and references to 'the beam' from "The Dark Tower" series. It misses out on how severely cold and dysfunctional Bobby's mother was and how messed up Bobby ends up, which of course makes for a shinier ending in the movie.The small and larger changes to the story don't necessarily hurt the film at all. I'd say the book was richer in story while the movie of course winds up with the obligatory Hollywood feel-good ending.
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