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Originally posted by Ginger
I read the book, and at least from the previews of the movie... the movie looked WAY melodramatic and overindulgent, whereas the book was pretty matter-of-fact. It was a love story, but it wasn't... sappy.
Perhaps I just got the wrong vibe from the previews.
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I don't think so. The movie is different in tone from the book, and makes some, shall we say, politically correct changes to the story.
The pseudo-Southern Appalachian accents are a bit hard for anyone who knows what the real thing sounds like to take, as well. Of course, Kidman's character is from Charleston, so she is entitled to a low-country Southern accent, which she sort of has, but the other main characters just seem to have generic Southern accents, and not very good ones, at that.
Still a good movie.