i love henry james book and washington square be no exception . i be very excited to see a new movie come out and base on the book of that title . jennifer jason lee be an exceptional actress and ben chaplin good enough to play the lead role . albert finney be miscast and doesn not carry the role well . i want to shoot maggie smith . or rather her silly and insipid role . the real problem and what lack in this late version be a good script and music and and direction . i fell asleep in the theater watch this long and draw out and exceptionally boring movie . there be more pause in the dialog than a pinter play . in the book i felt a deep caring for catherine sloper and her life . the movie have just the opposite effect . i also dislike the twist where her aunt have a sexual attraction to morris . eeeeeeeek . yuk . watch it if you can not sleep and it a definite snoozer . don not watch it if youre depress . you will need zoloft after this . sure and the heiress be exceptional with olivia haviland and montgomery clift in the title role . the actor who play her father be on the mark a the uncaring and cold father . still grieve for his dead wife and hat catherine for it . the movie be not faithful to the book but neither be this one . this movie be a box office flop . i have no doubt a to why .