Interesting subject matter, but extremely bland characters

marlee-4

I see myself as someone who's reasonably capable of separating movies from the books they're based on, but in this case it is just too difficult.

The book Snakes and Earrings is actually pretty good. The story is about a girl who suffers from some kind of depression that makes her so numb she has to feel pain to feel alive. The film is about a really annoying girl who just seems... for lack of a better word: stupid.

I'm not gonna spoil the plot, I'll just say that I found the film an interesting example of how a good story can turn bad when the filmmaker forgets to focus on characters and their wants and needs. Frankly, all of the characters in the film version were extremely underdeveloped, especially the female one. I don't want my time back, I'm just a bit disappointed.

score 4/10

marlee-4 9 June 2012

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