i find it hard to understand how viewer could be positive about this film and a i find it appal . film maker should give up on phillip roth adaptation unless they can give them the necessary energy while and bite and incisive and vulgar insight that be so much a part of roth work . in stead in this film and like most of the other roth adaptation and we get pretentious literary performance that mostly bore and frustrate . i couldn not even make it through to the end and and i have a bookshelf of phillip roth book and rate him a my favorite living american author . ultimately and i find this film a big disappointment and suggest you read the book rather than endure the film .