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CHARLOTTE'S WEB
E.B. White
Runt-turned-''terrific'' pig Wilbur and spider pal Charlotte
(Julia Roberts' voice) learn about love and loss in Susannah Grant and
Karey Kirkpatrick's faithful version of White's classic.
Last Word The celeb factor can't compete with White's witty and compassionate
prose. — Michelle Kung
WHAT WAS SHE THINKING?
Zoë Heller
In Notes on a Scandal, screenwriter Patrick Marber plays up
the sexual motives of Judi Dench's dour schoolmarm, who discovers an
affair between a colleague (Cate Blanchett) and one of her students.
Last Word This melodramatic film lacks Heller's dark wit. — Hannah Tucker
THE CHILDREN OF MEN
P.D. James
Director/coscripter Alfonso Cuarón retains James' sci-fi premise of a disillusioned divorcé (Clive Owen) protecting the world's last pregnant woman, but excises the main villain and alters the hero's relationship with rebel Julian.
Last Word The film's dystopian vision is more terrifying. — MK
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