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Nothing Like Book
by TayyLouu (movies profile)
Jun 26, 2009
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23 people found this review helpful
If you read the book you will surely be disappointed. I understand that it's difficult to put 500 pages of words into a 2 hour movie. However, I see no point in many of the changes they made. First, cutting the character Julia may have been a good idea if thinking about time, but without her, there was no depth in the character of Cambpell Alexander. Also Cambpell only made one excuse as to why he had a service dog, leaving viewers who hadn't read the book confused when he had a seizure. Second, why move from Rhode Island to California? This wasn't that big of a change, however it didn't make much sense to me. Third, they didn't go into detail about any characters. Viewers didn't see that Anna couldn't go to hockey camp because Kate may have needed to go to the hospital. They didn't show that Jesse had become a drunk, druggie and pyromaniac because of lack of attention. They didn't show that Brian was a stargazer and based most of his life on the stars in the sky.
WARNING SPOILER AHEAD!
And the most disappointing change was the change of the end of the movie. In the book, Anna died. Having Anna die gave the book sense and closure. Anna was able to save her sister one last time. In the movie, Kate died. The movie ended. And the family went on vacation to Montana. ... Yeah. If you've never read the book, you will love the movie. If you read the book, you'd better think twice about wasting your money. |
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