I read the book last summer and can only describe the end as a sucker punch to the gut. While it seemed contrived, the author was doing it to make a point. That point was totally lost in this really dumb adaptation of the novel into film.
Honestly, this could have been a Lifetime movie since we've seen movies about kids dying many times. So, what is new? Only the issue of having a designer child for spare parts, and this issue was not really addressed as much as was needed in order to save this effort. Instead we were treated to many more scenes with kate and her struggle with cancer, again, things we've seen before. The Point of View in the movie kept changing and while this will work in a book, it's difficult to make it work on film.
Hated the ending, which was the all time Hollywood cop out. By all means, let's go for cliché. People who said they cried must have wanted to cry very badly. Had they kept the end of the book, I predict they would have been sobbing out loud.
Honestly, this could have been a Lifetime movie since we've seen movies about kids dying many times. So, what is new? Only the issue of having a designer child for spare parts, and this issue was not really addressed as much as was needed in order to save this effort. Instead we were treated to many more scenes with kate and her struggle with cancer, again, things we've seen before. The Point of View in the movie kept changing and while this will work in a book, it's difficult to make it work on film.
Hated the ending, which was the all time Hollywood cop out. By all means, let's go for cliché. People who said they cried must have wanted to cry very badly. Had they kept the end of the book, I predict they would have been sobbing out loud.