absolutely terrible and i read this novel when i be very young and although i do not fully understand it and i be a haunt by rebecca a everyone else in the novel be . when i find the alfred hitchcock version and i do not agree at first with how harsh maxim always seem and but the movie really do the book justice and the setting and lighting . this movie however and be much to mushy and do not follow the character attitude at all . mrs. van hopper be portray all wrong and and maxim wasn not handsome and debonair at all . over all i would say watch the alfred hitchcock version if you want beautiful setting and handsome actor that get to the core of the character .