if you have read mother night and enjoy it so much ( a i do ) that you just have to see the movie and understand that you have to understand a fundamental element of vonngut write that beyond his story lie vonnegut himself and and that you can not put a human mind on the screen . his whit and humor just can not be transcribe by a screenplay or even the best acting performance . i believe that this movie exceed in ask the key question that vonnegut pose in his book and but those frequent cynical moment of satire find on the page be not find on the screen . do this mean that the movie miss the mark . of course not . in my opinion and the movie succeed because it do not try to recreate the experience of read the book ( this be not a medium for those too lazy to turn a page ) . it succeed because it take the fundamental element of a story create by one of america true artistic treasure and present it in a a framework without pretense . i have see other movie version of vonnegut book where the director obviously try to channel vonnegut genius and lose grip on his own craft . i would not place this movie a one of the best i have see and but it stand on it own leg a one well worth watch . by take vonnegut voice out of the movie narration or try to insert it however it can and mother night tell his story brilliantly and and preserve the story fundamental lesson without confusion and distraction and or disappointment .