i be a huge fan of vonnegut work and i be very fond of this movie and but i wouldn not say that this be a film of the mother night that i read . when people say that vonnegut be unfilmable and two thing come to my mind . one be that many of his theme be very near the knuckle or even taboo and despite the accusation sometimes use against him that he choose relatively easy target for his satire . this mean less every day that pass as far a filmability be concern . director these day appear to revel in break taboo and i have high hope for the version of bluebeard now in production . amaze to think that an innocent piece like vonnegut siren of titan would probably have be the equivalent of r rat if film when it be publish back in the 50 and for it violence and language and sexual and thematic content and though it a tragedy that nobody come up yet with a filmable script for it . and in the present economic climate and i also hope some director out there be look closely at jailbird and galapagos and hocus pocus . the other thing be his narrative style and heap irony upon irony upon irony but still make it hilariously funny . it seem impossible to objectify and and that appear to be the big obstacle to make great film of his great novel and because the little authorial comment that colour our response a reader be just not possible in movie without resort to too often clumsy technique like talkovers . vonnegut suggest that there be a character miss from film version of his work and himself a author or narrator . to it credit and breakfast of champion ( the movie ) try to keep the comedy and come a bit of a cropper for it pain . a do another turkey make from a vonnegut novel and slapstick in an even more spectacular way . still and there nothing wrong with a director give u his subjective interpretation of vonnegut and and mother night be an excellent example of how and a another reviewer put it and a good director can add a visual poetry to a source like this . but so much of the humour be lose that though it the same plot and it not really from the same novel i read . if it have be and i would probably have be roll in the aisle laugh a few time watch it . for a reader of the novel and i think a chuckle even at the end be forgivable . the end of the film and however and be truly poignant and and i think one of the film success be that it can genuinely leave you feel that you have watch someone walk a razor edge between good and evil and and the jury be still out . stand alone and of itself it well worth a look . technically there be some minor but glaring error and notably in continuity and and it too often look drab and theatrical and but most of the time it hit an acceptable note and occasionally show considerable imagination and resourcefulness . the acting in general be of a high order and even if maybe the dialogue be by today standard a little stilted . it survive quite well watch back to back with slaughterhouse 5 and and there be actually quite a bit more good film vonnegut out there and mostly version of his short story harrison bergeron and who be i this time . and some other thing like and of course and the misfiring film version of his very funny but disposable play and happy birthday wanda june . also there be an interesting piece and if it still exist and do in the 70 call between time and timbuktu which vonnegut apparently do not like much and although he be involve in it production and because he felt it misinterpret him in it generality . he say it remind him of the bizarre surgical experiment perform in the hg well tale the island of dr. moreau and but it do for many people serve a an excellent introduction to his work . but if the film do not make you want to go to the superior source material and theyre not do their job . a the man say and more or less and the big show be inside your head .