i do not read the book so all i get out of this picture be that halle berry character be never satisfy with her lot in life and have a nice house and a prosperous business in the town where she live and give it all up to go off with some stranger only to end up in a hurricane float on a board with her rabid husband . and and they find time to kiss amidst a rag storm . for all the trial and tribulation she supposedly go through and she seem almost retard with the constant laughing and giggling and run down to the water to jump in and float around watch god . halle berry look almost out of place in that town with her perfect teeth and refine feature and skinny body . and that hair . that deserve a place in the credit all it own . just smear a little dirt on her do not make her look a if she plow field and slaughter pig and help build a town . i find the whole movie annoy . i do not recommend it . guess i should read the book .