Yup, this movie is boring. And this is coming from someone who enjoyed the book. I do think that anything written in Sarah Waters' vivid, flowing prose would be worth reading; she could probably write about watching grass grow and it would be fascinating, but it wouldn't transfer well to film. Movie adaptations of her Fingersmith and Affinity were great, but that just wasn't possible with this story in which nothing much actually happens. Also, the book is written in the first person, which is difficult to transfer to film without extensive voiceover. In this case, the lack of first-person perspective muddies the ending for viewers who haven't read the book. And Ruth Wilson as an unattractive woman?! All the dowdy clothes and messy hair in the world couldn't pull that off.
Review of The Little Stranger
