so on the one hand, you ve got the court case, then you have the flashbacks to her life, her childhood abusive father, abandoned by her mother relationship with two boys, both of whom let her down. two young men, i should say. the book was a huge hit. the film s credentials are impeccable. and yet, and i hate to say this, it all felt very lukewarm. now, i haven t read the book, so i don t know how somebody who had read the book would feel about it. i know that whenever a book is this popular, it s always very difficult doing an adaptation. yes. there were moments in this in which i could almost hear the book behind it, thinking, ok, i can sort of see what the text would have been. the performances are good. i mean, it s a very good cast, it s very well done. the production design is really beautiful. but it all feels very safe. it deals with some dark subject matter, but it feels like a very polite treatment of that subject matter. and i kept thinking, somewhere in here t
good to have you on, really high. thank you both, always good to have you on, aubrey - really high. thank you both, always good to have you on, aubrey and i good to have you on, aubrey and jerry. thank you for watching. the film review is next. goodbye. hello and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. and taking us through this week s releases is, as you see, mark kermode. hi, mark. hi. what have you been watching? well, as always, a very mixed bag. we have where the crawdads sing, which is an adaptation of a very popular novel. we have she will, which is the feature debut from charlotte colbert. and kurt vonnegut: unstuck in time, a documentary about the american writer. good old mixture there, yes. yes. so, where the crawdads sing, which is an adaptation of the deep south novel which became a publishing sensation millions and millions of copies sold. this is adapted by lucy alibar, who is best known for beasts of the southern wild. one of the producers is r
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and friends, which is really good. you know, we wanted to create a character that was well rounded and the disability was the bottom of the list of interesting things. the film deals with the tensions between the brothers over what will happen to james s character after their mother s death. and as the first actor with down s syndrome to win an oscar, it s also highlighted the issue of diversity in films and james hopes the writers and directors of the big screen will become more open to storylines which involve disability. it s really down to the actors themselves, really. but i think we should be included because it doesn t matter what disabilities is out there, as long as we connect, that s the main thing. i think what s crucial is for representation, it s like not making the disability the main event. james is such a multifaceted guy, i know so many others with down s syndrome and other disabilities,