in short and save the $ 9 ticket price and and buy the broadway cast album instead . it will bring you much more joy and will give you a vastly well perspective on the composer original vision . i consider the film to be an unsuccessful translation of the show and which i have see in new york eight ( 8 ) time a of 1 half 3/05 . i appreciate that make a film of a play must be very difficult and and i do not fault mr. columbus or mr chbosky for be unsuccessful and but i think that some of the choice make in alter the original and pulitzer prize winning and book be unfortunate . in general and i think that the film be tedious and disjoint and but the most severe problem be that i felt no empathy with the character in the film and whereas i do in the play . the film be strip of most of the original book wit and edge . where be mark mom sing on the answering machine . where be alexi darling message from the hampton . and mimi dance at the cat scratch club and like many other aspect of the film and be sanitize to ensure the film pc 13 rating . can you imagine quentin tarintino sanitize salma hayek dance in from dusk till dawn to get a pg 13 rating . a correctly make film would have receive an r or nc 17 rating . if you can imagine how interesting pulp fiction would be without profanity or violence and you can imagine how interesting the film rent be .