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Review title: Ho Hum
Product review: One of the great ironies of this botched adaptation is that when it originally aired on TV, "Cellular One" was among the sponsors. Not to belittle the extraordinary talents of Mr. Lemmon and Mr. Azaria, but the filmmakers really blew it. Using flashbacks to illustrate as Morrie (Lemmon) talks about his childhood will seem pointless to anyone who has seen the film "Short Cuts"--in which Mr. Lemmon delivers an entire terrific monologue without visual aids. Another problem is the whole relationship subplot (not in the book), not to mention Mitch's sportswriting "adventures". An interesting aspect of the book, only briefly touched on here, is America's obsession with the O.J. trial, which was in full swing at the time of the real Morrie's demise.I thought the book was great. I read it in a single morning, and it made me change the way I looked at some things. The movie only made me want to change the channel. Too bad!
