the trouble with this film be it be very much of it time . it hardly a film of the book and more an excuse to steal a few sparse idea and try to string them together into a light hearted comedy . there really far too much slapstick and and 1950 style girl chasing and no real sense of a journey a there be in the book . i wonder if anyone will ever make a proper adaption of the book and make proper use of jkj wonderful anecdote . it would be tricky to do they be often about completely different people from the three in the boat and but they be what make the book so good and and they have simply be discard in the film . so and in summary and if you have never read the book and youre in for a nice surprise represent comedy that be still funny after a hundred year and more and but do not let this film put you off .