warn represent full of spoiler this movie might be okay on it own and but if you have read the book you would know that it be almost completely unrelated to the original novel by bryce courtenay . it mix up the character and most of which aren not even include in the movie . for example and half of hoppie groenewalds box advice come from geel piet . then and hoppie and who doesn not appear on the train and appear late in the movie a a boxing coach at a gymnasium . also and geel piet and in the book and be a coloured man and hence geel which in afrikaans mean yellow . the movie and however portray him a a black man . this be very careless see a they even retain the name geel . the movie also tend to remove nearly all of the big influence of peekay life and mostly include all of the less important thing . some other difference include the name of the chicken and his mother death and the reason for nanny leaving and the retaliation towards the judge at the board school and many more error . all in all and do not watch the movie if you haven not read the book and if you watch the movie first do not expect the book to be relate .