Sophie Pilkington (spacecowgirlww)

The book this movie is based on is one of my favourite books, & while the movie itself is fairly good, somehow it just doesn't pack anywhere near the same punch that the book did.
The ending (and a lot of the rest of the movie) had too much of a 'Hollywood heartbreaking but inspiring' feel about it. I felt it would have been improved by sticking to the original material a bit more, especially in regards to the ending. The movie ending managed to make me feel as though a lot of the rest of the journey had been a little meaningless.
Despite the movies flaws, it's still getting a fairly high rating from me, purely because there were still tears from me for a great amount of the movie, and anything that manages to pull the heartstrings that much still has to be doing something right.

What could have been in interesting idea never managed to sell me that it was telling me an interesting story. I think it had to do with the lack of charm in the main character, a flaw that can't be entirely attributed to the actor, because at some stages he managed to pull off some lines that I was suprised were able to be said non-cheesily. Also I somehow never bought the chemistry with the main characters.
Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson get the most intriguing characters of the bunch and I wish they'd gotten much more screen time.