i think andrew davy do an admirable job of take a magnificent book which emulate the pace and styling of a victorian novel and turn it into a moving and entertaining film . i be glad i read ( twice ) the book first which be usually the case for me . i know that one must view a novel and a film a different medium and judge them accordingly . but and still and it often hard to read the original material after a film give away the best part . i realize that davy be a very good adapter and but i wish the producer have choose a woman to write the screenplay . davy and a he admit in the commentary that accompany the film on dvd and want particularly to emphasis the more scatological bit in the book . i certainly enjoy those and on film a in the book . but davy miss a half dozen moment that be so excruciatingly and painfully tender which he could have incorporate if his sensibility be more feminine . i also would take issue with his use of the book primary symbol and the rise . a the screenplay be plot by davy and the denouement be inevitable and appropriate . but i really think that author water final nod to the rise symbol be much more interesting . and i preferred way the novel let nan come of age than the way davy choose . one quick comment about the four actor who essay the primary role . they be all wonderfully talented well and except for the singing and dancing and perhaps and and moreover and their physical presence be so much what the mind eye see when read the novel before see the film . i think they be all terrific . i recommend that any lesbian and anyone who love good fiction and add both the book and the dvd of tip the velvet to their bookshelf .