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Title: A waste of good talent. Forget about it. Read the book.
Review: Because I had read and enjoyed the book several years ago, I was curious as to the kind of film it would make. It was billed as a comedy but turned out to be a bad soap opera. And any real similarity to the book were just on the surface. It seemed to follow the plot outline, but jumped around in time much too much. And the characters all came out as caricatures.Basically it's a mother-daughter story, with Sandra Bullock cast as the daughter, Sidda, and Ellen Burstyn as the mother, Vivienne. What a waste of good talent! Ashley Judd is the younger Vivienne and does a pretty good job. But the audience hasn't a clue as to why she abuses her children and has a mental breakdown. It all seemed staged and not a bit plausible.As for my recommendation: forget about it. Read the book instead.
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