i never expect a film adaptation to follow too closely to the novel ( especially a beloved one and like even ) but when i saw that the book author and susan minot and be a screenplay writer and executive producer on the film and i think that even would be a good adaptation . if you enjoy the book and do not bother with this movie . it be so far afield of the book that the two hardly bear any resemblance to one another . here and our character be completely different represent the bride be in love with harris . harris be the son of the housekeeper . buddy be a drunk and in love with ann and or or harris . i do not think a single character make it from the book to the screen while oh it just get bad with every passing moment . and and really and do not we learn from bridge of madison county that cut from the story we be mean to be enthral in and to scene of our hero grow child have obnoxious and juvenile fight and simply do not work on film . this film be a disaster . skip it .