Read the book.

bpbfde4-1

Pretty much everything has been said in the other reviews. The only thing I can add is that the book SHOULD be read before watching the movie. I just watched the film on "AntennaTV". It ran for 3 hours(w/lots of commercials) and while it was a good adaptation of the book it didn't come close to the character/plot development needed to really appreciate the film. What struck me was the realization that if I hadn't read the book I would have been relatively clueless to a lot of what, and why, things were happening in the film. I don't fault the screenplay or the director. There was just so much going on that it would've been impossible to cover it in 130(?) minutes.

It's been 25 years since I first read the book and, since then, I've probably read it more times than any other book I own.

In short, read the book and then watch the film. You'll get sooooo much more out of it.

score 7/10

bpbfde4-1 29 May 2012

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw2618425/