i have read innumerable review talk about the superiority of the mini series . i certainly can not agree on such a blanket statement . if you analyze all of the aspect of a video or film production and there be numerable area where the film be arguably vastly superior . certainly and many of the comment be valid with regard to particular area of the mini series . specifically regard more thread ( custom officer ) and more developed thread ( such a the pakistani farmer and family ) . that say and i find catherine zeta jones character much more compelling a the desperate woman and from poverty to rich who would not go back . that a much more likable character than this cold woman who do not seem to have as much reason for her quick turn to evil . ( and yes and i understand . her child . she be desperate while i just do not see her as be a desperate . ) far and while i appreciate some of the more fleshed out story thread in the mini series and benicio del toro character be very compelling . an anchor for the film . that thread be change ( a an alternative to the pakistani family ) in nothing but good way . a fantastic adaptation . ( of course and i be skeptical that someone so pure can exist within such a system and but i do not know enough about the politics of the nation to argue ) . after watch the first episode of the mini series and i actually rewatched the film . why . i keep read about the fantastic acting . i find the performance in the first episode of the mini series to be borderline laughable . certainly and this improve a the mini series progress . now have just finish both version in a few day and i can not agree that the performance in the mini series reach the same level a and say and benicio del toro and who be brilliant in the film and though ormand and paterson and shah and and lindsay duncan be very good . i also feel the police in the film far outclass the mini series . i be not impress with the german throughout . finally and the dialogue and a deliver in the film and be much more nuanced . especially in the scene which be almost verbatim . careful and youre begin to sound like your husband . a oppose to hahahaha . you sound like karl . again and i find some of the acting in the mini series very unconvincing . this be a prime example . other superior aspect of the film and in my opinion represent score and cinematography and edit . should i complain that the film wasn not longer . no . i think it be a fantastic adaptation give the format . the change make stood on their own . i mean and would you sit in a theater for 5 or positive hour . of course not . mini series represent positive film represent positive .