i love this book . it be my bible for year from high school on . note from underground ( what happen to the the . my text version always include it ) be arguably the first truly modern psychological ontological existential novel and the forerunner to and among other thing and catcher in the rye and many of woody allen good work . this movie and on the other hand and come off a nothing more than a very lame imitation of a steve martin routine . the lead even look like steve martin but the ancillary character be barely cardboard in substance . what should have be wryly and universally satirical simply become high school sophomoric . a dreadful disappointment .