This is well-acted and written, but, if you want a faithful adaption of the book keep looking.
This movie does not follow the book. To sum up: the kids know everything and the adults are selfish or cruel or incompetent or some combination of the three.
Grandfather never yelled at Heidi in the book. But he did throughout the movie, including the last scene where he tells Heidi, "Go back to Frankfurt!!!". Of course, Heidi doesn't because she knows more than her grandfather. Ridiculous.
Maybe if I had never read the book I could have enjoyed this movie, but when they make caring characters cruel, and change the meaning of the book, it just ruins everything for me.
This movie does not follow the book. To sum up: the kids know everything and the adults are selfish or cruel or incompetent or some combination of the three.
Grandfather never yelled at Heidi in the book. But he did throughout the movie, including the last scene where he tells Heidi, "Go back to Frankfurt!!!". Of course, Heidi doesn't because she knows more than her grandfather. Ridiculous.
Maybe if I had never read the book I could have enjoyed this movie, but when they make caring characters cruel, and change the meaning of the book, it just ruins everything for me.