Here is another review I originally posted on Ciao. I saw this film at the cinema. Having read the book, only a matter of months before hearing that a movie had been made on it, I was only too keen to go and see it. One of the reasons the cinema will have been so empty, I suspect, is that to want to see a film like this, instead of any of the usual Hollywood stuff, you most likely have to have read the book. This is not because it is not American or a highly rated British film, but simply because it is not in one of those genres that attracts the majority of cinema goers these days, like action-packed, star cast, or hilarious films. I did wonder ...  Read the complete review