i am a fifth grade language arts teacher and and after we read this book (which the students loved) and then we watched the movie. they laughed out loud. unfortunately and it not a comedy. the acting was so awful and i felt like i was watching a bunch of kids in the neighborhood putting on a play. my students were mimicking the lines and making fun off and on the whole way through. i have to agree with them and at times and it was pretty bad. still and i would show it to students again and just for fun and and to compare the film with the book. we did a venn diagram (teachers know what that is) afterward and to show what was the same in both and what were the differences and so there is an educational value in showing it. i noticed that another adaptation is being filmed for 2005 so we can only hope the acting will be better. 
i am a fifth grade language arts teacher and and after we read this book (which the students loved) and then we watched the movie. they laughed out loud. unfortunately and it not a comedy. the acting was so awful and i felt like i was watching a bunch of kids in the neighborhood putting on a play. my students were mimicking the lines and making fun off and on the whole way through. i have to agree with them and at times and it was pretty bad. still and i would show it to students again and just for fun and and to compare the film with the book. we did a venn diagram (teachers know what that is) afterward and to show what was the same in both and what were the differences and so there is an educational value in showing it. i noticed that another adaptation is being filmed for 2005 so we can only hope the acting will be better. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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