I watched the film before I read the book, odd, i know. But I was rather annoyed having finished the book when i found out that so many things were changed for the film - thing which i felt were quite important aspects of the book. For example Julia just wasn’t existent, the court Judge (not the dog) was a woman! Films will never be able to describe emotion the way a book can.
The film itself wasn’t bad, i just feel it was wasn’t a good representation of the book.