I have read and re-read the book over many years and I have seen many adaptations of it. This was by far the worst I have ever seen. The whole essence of the book was completely ignored/lost. It started off not too badly, although it was set in 1947 when the original was published in 1911 - but thereafter it deteriorated both quickly and badly
Odd scenes from the book were depicted - but mostly completely out of context so the viewer did not get a proper feel for what the writer of the book intended. There was no Ben Weatherstaff, Archibald Craven (Colin Firth) was at the manor all the time instead of being absent for most of it and it turned into a weird psychological Disney type movie with an ending that had (almost) nothing that was recognisable from the original story
Odd scenes from the book were depicted - but mostly completely out of context so the viewer did not get a proper feel for what the writer of the book intended. There was no Ben Weatherstaff, Archibald Craven (Colin Firth) was at the manor all the time instead of being absent for most of it and it turned into a weird psychological Disney type movie with an ending that had (almost) nothing that was recognisable from the original story