this have always be one of my favourite book . i be thrill when i saw that the book have be make into a movie and for the first time since it be write and over 50 year before . i think romola garai be brilliant a cassandra and but it be a shame that some of the dialogue she be give just do not compare well with the book . bill nighy do not seem to be the right actor for james mortmain and who i think be more of a stiff upper lip type and not so artsy a nighy portray him mortmain have write a book but it a scholarly work . i know a book have to change when it become a movie and but i miss character like the romantically minded school teacher and the dressmaker dummy that cassandra brings to life . i also miss detail like topaz and rise have long blonde hair ( describe beautifully in the opening page of the book ) and thomas be 15 so not quite as precocious a he appear to be in the movie . the movie capture some of the book charm represent the castle and the countryside and cassandra emotion and but i felt it be unnecessary to make up a particular scene between cassandra and her father ( i think this be do to accommodate nighy act style ) and i be really disappoint by the end and where cassandra seemingly let go of her love and write it off a a general experience and rather than declare her love and a she do in the book and and her hope that the man she love will return .