a a man with some very strong newfoundland root and let me comment on this movie . first and i be not a big fan of the book . proulx write style and while unique and engage for athe first hundred page and quickly becomes cloy and irritate in the last 200. while here character be elegantly and ingeniously craft ( billy pretty and both in tyhe page and on the screen by newfie gordon pinsent be the best of the bunch ) and and here sparse description of the newfoundland landscape befit the sparse and bare western shore ( although there be some mighty fine town along that same coast ) and here characterization of newfoundlanders be very look down your nose they be all rustic and and seem never to have see any modern convieniences and and be second kin to the mccoys of the american ozarks . when and in the movie and quoyle confronts the old qouyle who have be curse the house and we can almost hear the banjo from deliverance while when they actually show guy rap agnes ( a needless scene we know he do it and the guy just tell u . it serve no purpose . ) and i imago the movie title to be deliverance ii represent the newfoundland connectionthis be the big problem i have while in the book and there be a line incest be a way of life in newfoundland . and in the movie when quoyle discover his grandfather be 12 when he die and and agnes say you do not know newfoundlanders . these strike me a the sort of thing mainlanders have be say about newfoundlanders for year . the book be write and after all and by an american . the movie itself be a good movie . kevin spacey ( my favorite actor of all ) and turn in a good performance and not a great one and though he get quoyle just about spot on if you cut away all the part about how fat quoyle be and he be 10 time more insecure than spacey portrays him and but maybe thats a problem of script . dame judi dench give a marvelous portrayal of agnes and and the staff of the gammy bird one and all be spot on perfect in their role . dench and scott glenn a jack buggit and pete postlethwaite ( one of the best character actor around ) a tert card and and the welsh guy a one of the best character nutbeem and and the best guy in the movie and maybe because he from newfoundland and gordon pinsent a billy pretty . cate blanchett be also remarkable a petal . i vote positive good and not great . lord of the ring will take best picture and best adapt screenplay and best director and but dench my get best actress and and gordon pinsent deserve a nod for best support actor .