i be a big oprah fan and i want so much for this movie to be a success . i feel that it be doom from the start with the casting . hallie be a beautiful person and but i do not care for her acting . her persona be weak and frilly far too much for her to play the role of janie . i wish there have be more of a focus on nannie and the early life of janie even spend more time talk about logan killicks . other than the few statement that nannie make about janie mother and we really do not get a since of what janie childhood like and what nannie really taught her about life black woman be the mule . i be also disappointed with the portrayal of janie and tea cake work in the muck . i have be to belle glade and florida and know how the muck look and have hear the description of the field worker about how it get on the body and be nearly impossible to wash off . so when janie show up in a sleeveless shirt to work in the muck . trust me that just ain not happen . way to much of the story be miss . it might be an okay movie and if you never read the book .