May contain spoilers!!!!!!!
While this is a well done production, and it does follow the book word for word at times, and Jonathan Cake is absolutely gorgeous as well as a great actor, I highly recommend reading the book itself. In the book, Hannah's predicament and decisions are much more understandable, and the reader/viewer is much more sympathetic to her struggles than in the movie.
This is due to the some basic things that were not considered enough in the movie, or just left out (like the existence of the second brother, Robert, who was a great character): mood, time and seasonal factors. The background. WHEN things happened, and in WHAT season and weather were all critical to setting the mood....
BTW, Mark Benton as Fred Loam is just WONDERFUL. He generates such caring and frustration, and creates a very three-dimensional character that your heart just breaks for him. He does Fred so well that the way the writers play Hannah it gets you annoyed at her for hurting him.....while the script should not have let that happen to Hannah, it sure gives credit to Mark Benton for doing Fred so well!
Very worth watching for the period and the acting.
While this is a well done production, and it does follow the book word for word at times, and Jonathan Cake is absolutely gorgeous as well as a great actor, I highly recommend reading the book itself. In the book, Hannah's predicament and decisions are much more understandable, and the reader/viewer is much more sympathetic to her struggles than in the movie.
This is due to the some basic things that were not considered enough in the movie, or just left out (like the existence of the second brother, Robert, who was a great character): mood, time and seasonal factors. The background. WHEN things happened, and in WHAT season and weather were all critical to setting the mood....
BTW, Mark Benton as Fred Loam is just WONDERFUL. He generates such caring and frustration, and creates a very three-dimensional character that your heart just breaks for him. He does Fred so well that the way the writers play Hannah it gets you annoyed at her for hurting him.....while the script should not have let that happen to Hannah, it sure gives credit to Mark Benton for doing Fred so well!
Very worth watching for the period and the acting.