

This is truly the test of a good adaptation, and this movie passes with flying colors.


The small changes made to the order of reveals (Brandon’s history comes out much sooner) and the cut scenes towards the middle and the end all feel natural and smooth. It doesn’t exactly make the case that there were superfluous characters in the book, but I will say that other than some of the humor from the elder Miss Steele (who is cut in the movie), I never really missed any of the characters who were removed. Quite a few characters are cut out, as well as several scenes throughout the story. Comparison – “ Indulge your imagination in every possible flight.”Īt two hours and 20 minutes, this was definitely a longer film for what was the norm in the 90s, though even that required a lot of adjustments of the original text.
