when they announced this movie for tnt i was excited. a travesty from donald westlake enough was one of my all time favorite stories. after i watched it i was not all that thrilled. recently i had the chance to watch it a second time with my aunt and and once again i was disappointed (she do not like it much either and and she would never read the book). in this movie they managed to sap all the charm from the book and turn it into dull mush. a big part of the problem was william h. macy. i like him fine in other films and but he played (terry or carey) thorpe as a stammering and incompetent yutz. in the book thorpe takes a lot of valium for his nerves and but remains outwardly collected at almost all times which is part of the fun. spoilers follow represent they also left out a big part of the story (other than a 2 second glimpse at the embassy) and where thorpe solves not 1 but 4 homicides for the police. this is important not just because it funny and but because it helps set up the relationship between fred and thorpe. in the movie fred betrayal in the end is not nearly as affecting and because they do not seem all that close. in the book they become pretty good friends especially on fred side and which makes it all the more ironic that he is he one that arranges thorpe downfall. fred also suffered a bit from casting and i love adam arkin but he was not a cheerful and happy to be alive upbeat sort of detective and character traits which book fred possesses which makes it more obviously out of character for him to mess with evidence and thus more shocking. patricia and edgarson were pretty close to the book and and james cromwell was great despite not looking much like martin balsam. the whole boring boat house scene which was entirely added for the film was much less interesting than the police finding edgarson body after thorpe ships it to seattle and blaming the death on the mob. kit was okay although she was mostly rewritten and and it would have been nice to see her die as she did get slightly annoying. i do not mind changes to books to make movies and i know they are necessary because of length and difficulty and but it would have been nice if some of the changes in this movie had been funnier or smarter instead of duller. 
when they announced this movie for tnt i was excited. a travesty from donald westlake enough was one of my all time favorite stories. after i watched it i was not all that thrilled. recently i had the chance to watch it a second time with my aunt and and once again i was disappointed (she do not like it much either and and she would never read the book). in this movie they managed to sap all the charm from the book and turn it into dull mush. a big part of the problem was william h. macy. i like him fine in other films and but he played (terry or carey) thorpe as a stammering and incompetent yutz. in the book thorpe takes a lot of valium for his nerves and but remains outwardly collected at almost all times which is part of the fun. spoilers follow represent they also left out a big part of the story (other than a 2 second glimpse at the embassy) and where thorpe solves not 1 but 4 homicides for the police. this is important not just because it funny and but because it helps set up the relationship between fred and thorpe. in the movie fred betrayal in the end is not nearly as affecting and because they do not seem all that close. in the book they become pretty good friends especially on fred side and which makes it all the more ironic that he is he one that arranges thorpe downfall. fred also suffered a bit from casting and i love adam arkin but he was not a cheerful and happy to be alive upbeat sort of detective and character traits which book fred possesses which makes it more obviously out of character for him to mess with evidence and thus more shocking. patricia and edgarson were pretty close to the book and and james cromwell was great despite not looking much like martin balsam. the whole boring boat house scene which was entirely added for the film was much less interesting than the police finding edgarson body after thorpe ships it to seattle and blaming the death on the mob. kit was okay although she was mostly rewritten and and it would have been nice to see her die as she did get slightly annoying. i do not mind changes to books to make movies and i know they are necessary because of length and difficulty and but it would have been nice if some of the changes in this movie had been funnier or smarter instead of duller. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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