Tie. Both were brilliant.
- They got Ove exactly right in the movie – just as I imagined him. And at the precise moment when I was thinking that the movie producers made him too disagreeable, there would be a little something to warm your heart.
- I cried for vast amounts of the movie (I cried in the book as well but the flashback scenes in the movie were poignant).
Kate…I totally agree with you. The novel and movie both moved me; and, the movie’s screenwriter and casting director were spot-on in recreating Backman’s Ove. So, while you were shedding tears in the Southern Hemisphere, mine were raining down in the North.
I haven’t yet read the book, though I plan to. I’m waiting for my book club to read it, whenever it is our turn for the book club set from the library. I didn’t really it was so sad though….
Oh it’s devastating. Truly. But so lovely as well.
It’s one of those rare books that I recommend to everybody, regardless of their preferred genre.
I am going to have to see this- the entire time while reading the book I thought it would translate well on screen.
I’ve not read the book but am going to see the movie today!!!
Did you love it?
I did. And I cried. Quite a bit… particularly at the end. Before we left my friend said, “Are you okay?”
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My favorite book of all time! I haven’t got to the movie yet. I’ll be sure to have a box of tissues nearby when I do!
The story ticks all the boxes, doesn’t it? The movie is equally as good.