i go along to this movie with some trepidation while the original be a masterpiece of both write and act and unfortunately my fear be realize . this be a humorless piece of work and i sat in the theater wait for the wit and humor to begin i be still wait and it seem . update the storyline to the present time just do not work and the altering of character an absolute travesty why do they introduce bette midler character when she disappear just as quickly a she arrive while the related character in the 1939 original be an integral part of the plot . the woman in the cinema laugh a few time but nothing touch me a be funny with the exception of a line from meg ryan talk to her mother about her situation and tell her that it not like a 1930 movie i sorely wish i be view the 1930 version . it be all too touchy feely isters stick together and really need some of the acerbic wit and clever dialog from the original play i still watch the original movie and pick up a line that i have never catch before . there be no sense of closure to this new version and and whilst the 1939 movie be politically incorrect by today standard and each thread be tie up and when the movie end it do so strongly . this remake should be label with a warning for any viewer if you know the original and do not bother represent i felt cheat by lose part of my life in a cinema watch this unmemorable piece of fluff . bring on the jungle red .