![]() ![]() Other than reducing Dex’s globetrotting to occasional excursions to France, the movie stays true to the novel’s dramatic trajectory but makes each character more likeable and less bedraggled. Now you see what Em sees in Dex - and why she fights for him to reclaim his better side. Drink only takes its toll as his career as a “TV presenter” collapses. In the movie though, Nicholls has considerably freshened up his male protagonist by letting his charm and not his alcoholism shine through the early years. Which makes Em a loser for mooning over him for so many years. It began with the couple, newly graduated from university in Edinburgh, in bed in 1988 but they don’t consummate their feelings for one another until 2001! Much worse, the novel’s Dex is a louse from Day One. ![]() The novel represented one of the longest cases of coitus interruptus in literary history. Nicholls adapted his own novel to the screen but someone along the way - Scherfig? - gave him some killer notes for he has considerably improved the story from his novel. ![]() With two glamorous stars in Anne Hathawayand Jim Sturgess and an appealing mix of romantic locations, the Focus Features movie should attract a following from college age upwards, no doubt skewing toward female audiences. ![]()
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