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People, go read the novel.

posted 9 years ago by jorowhi
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It really, truly bothers me how little this movie actually follows the novel. I'd say this movie really shows only about 15% of what the story of Nick Twisp really is, and I understand that the book is long, about 500 pages, but that's why you cut the film into three chunks, just as the novel was. This film is a hack job of a really good book. Watching this movie, I had forgotten what story I was watching. If you want to know the true Nick Twisp, the only way to do it is at your local bookstore. Trust me, it's one of the funniest books you'll ever read.

[–] speeder-985-717588 8 years ago

Agree 1,000 percent. The movie is very mediocre but the book is AWESOME.

[–] lazarillo 8 years ago

The even bigger problem is this is one of those novels that heavily relies on a first-person (and probably unreliable) narrator. It's almost impossible to make good movies out of novels like this. That is why every effort to adapt "Huckleberry Finn" has failed and no one has ever even tried to adapt "Catcher in the Rye".

In addition, Michael Cera's nice-guy persona doesn't fit the wise-ass, sex-crazed, and conniving narrator Nick Twisp very well at all, and Portia Doubleday is a pretty weak actress.

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[–] cyberbob (3488) 5 years ago

If I'm not mistaken, Catcher in the Rye has never been adapted into film because JD Salinger was totally against it being turned into a movie, and I guess whoever currently owns the rights has decided to honor Salinger's wishes

But many hollywood figures have certainly tried to get it adapted

[–] the_editor76 8 years ago

Why don't you write the adapted screenplay? It's pretty much cut and paste right?
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