i be in a film class and i know that i do not know everything about film but truthfully this be one of the bad and stupid and retard and waste time and movie that i have ever see and i saw napolean dinamite . they be both equally terrible . conrack be boring and nothing interest even happen in the film it not really a heart warm story and pat conroy overcome nothing . i be not say there should be fight and crap blow up but it would liven up this more than bland film . the kid they fond to act in this film may have be the real kid from yammacraux island they sound stupid and couldn not act a as far a i be concern this be a stupid idea for a book and an even bad idea for a movie i do not know why this movie be even make and deviantly top five bad movie of all time .