We have recently read the book and watched the movie in our English class and we feel that the movie is not a faithful adaptation of Kingsley Amis' novel. The most critical aspect is that the movie is a series of scenes that don't really connect, creating a confusing idea of what the story is about. For instance, in the novel the romance between Jim and Christine isn't the main focus of the author but in the movie it is even more incomprehensible and surprising. We also believe that the movie has considerably lost meaning by cutting out all the drama of Margaret Peel and the affair between Bertrand and Carol Goldsmith, which changes the feeling towards Bertrand from the movie to the book. All that said we think that the cast was good and the film portrays very well that post-war period.
Review of Lucky Jim
