BBCNEWS The Film Review July 7, 2024
a book is this popular, its always very difficult doing an adaptation. yes. there were moments in this in which i could almost hear the book behind it, thinking, "ok, i can sort of see what the text would have been." the performances are good. i mean, its a very good cast, its very well done. the production design is really beautiful. but it all feels very safe. it deals with some dark subject matter, but it feels like a very polite treatment of that subject matter. and i kept thinking...
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