Not as moving as the great novel by Allende. Of course, when commenting this as a movie, one has to take into consideration the limits of cinema compared to a novel. But one easily gets the feeling that the events of the saga come one after another as if they were 'ready-made', but not as logical and inevitable consequences of the narrative. Probably, the story is too much heavy for cinema despite the fact that August drop a whole lot of (interesting) events frome the original story. The casting is ok. But nothing special; no one does any exceptional job. But this is an enchanting work.
Review of The House of the Spirits
