i just watch this movie for the first time after finish the book last week . what the problem here . folk admit that the performance be great i mean and lange be stellar . and that the film be good look and but it get less than a 6. i do not get it . come on . the write not that bad . have read a lot of pulitzer win novel and and have see a lot of the film base on them and i think a good than decent job be do in bring the screenplay together . i think the par down of all the dialogue in the novel be execute almost perfectly . this story have a pretty hefty amount of dialogue in it and and the story really come through on the screen despite the fact that only a portion of it be use . book spoiler part i be and however and a little disappointed in the ginny try to kill rise subplot be omit . i think that be one of the more emotionally jar part of the book and but it be probably a good bet to leave it out . avid movie goer and more than avid reader and i think and tend to be less forgiving of protagonist pull antagonistic stuff . it apt to confuse johnny lunchpail and joe sixpack . if you love the book and you will like the movie . if you hat the book and you will likely hate the movie . rog .