With less than two hours' running time, a bit of condensing is not unexpected. This movie goes further, though, and takes quite a lot of liberties going beyond simply omitting scenes or combining multiple scenes into one - both of which do occur in this movie. A lot of additional dialogue not in the book was created to fill in some backstory (I have to admit, at least a few scenes were well-done and added to the story's flow), and a lot of memorable dialogue in the book was unfortunately left out. Surprisingly, a particular conversation towards the end of the book that serves a very significant purpose is relocated to much earlier in the movie, and one of the speakers is substituted with another character. Moreover, the movie went so far as to create its own drama beyond that of the book. Finally, a lot of understanding that might have been conveyed through acting was instead conveniently and straightforwardly explained via an internal monologue as Anne writes in a diary. Except for Mary and Sir Walter - both of whom I thought overacted - the rest of the characters were well-cast. Lyme, however, was not so picturesque. The overall story, though somewhat jumbled, did follow the basic arc of the book. But I just couldn't get past all the deviations from the book. And I wasn't too fond of the shaky camera trick, either.
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