If you have read and loved the book, as I did then DON'T watch this ‘loose adaption’ of the story. The movie is good in itself, if not a bit stilted and stiff, but it bears little to no resemblance to the book. Many of the main characters are missing or given different stories, and the ending is totally different. I'm sorry I watched it and will re-read the book to take the ‘taste’ of the movie away.