A movie based on a novel is not intended to be a video transliteration of the text of that book. The implication that it should be, always strikes me as bizarre.
We watch a film to see what the director, actors and others make from ideas they find in the book. A movie is a melding of the efforts of a group of people to a defined end; and that end may be changed in the very act of its achievement. Many great movies have been based on mediocre or even terrible books.
All that said, this movie is a decent murder mystery as it stands. You probably won't be surprised at any of the plot twists. It's refreshingly free of romantic subplots. Jeffrey Dean Morgan carries the lead role well. It was worth watching on a quiet evening.
We watch a film to see what the director, actors and others make from ideas they find in the book. A movie is a melding of the efforts of a group of people to a defined end; and that end may be changed in the very act of its achievement. Many great movies have been based on mediocre or even terrible books.
All that said, this movie is a decent murder mystery as it stands. You probably won't be surprised at any of the plot twists. It's refreshingly free of romantic subplots. Jeffrey Dean Morgan carries the lead role well. It was worth watching on a quiet evening.