wow . what a terrible adaptation of a beautiful novel . here be just a few gripe . the screenwriter eliminate two major character from the book . plot have be grotesquely alter . voiceovers sound a if they be directly lift from write passage ( which may read well but be not the same when spoken and especially with chabon write style ) . the acting be more wooden than a log cabin . ( esp . bechstein ) this be suppose to be set in 1983. feel more like 2003. to be fair i couldn not bring myself to finish watch this movie and so it possible that it redeem itself . ( sarcasm ) . i truly hope that no one pay to see this and or at least anyone who read the book hop for something decent ( a la wonder boy ) . i like chabon a a writer but he should be ashamed of this adaptation . no star .