My sister-in-law recommended The Book Thief by Markus
Zusak a few years ago while we were visiting family interstate and I read her
copy while we were there. I enjoyed the book but read it fairly quickly and my
impression at the time was it was good but not great. Last night I went with a
group of friends to watch the movie. It was beautifully done and I came away
thinking that I needed to get hold of the book and read it again.
The cast was picked to perfection and I couldn't fault
the acting or anything about the movie, actually. I don't watch a lot of movies
and when I do I tend to stick with the BBC productions, and this one was as
good as some of my favourites. It was just over two hours long, which satisfies
my criteria for watching a movie - i.e. decently long.
It's been too long since reading the book for me to say
how closely the movie follows the plot, but a couple of friends said it did
veer a little but not enough to spoil the story.
Highly recommended!