Review of The Human Stain

Personally i think this is a good movie espercially considering how difficult it is to bring up in screen a novel. I am reading the bad reviews and to a certain point i can undertsand why people didn't like it. But you cannot blame the story by saying "how is it possible..." , because this is it. That's what Philip Roth wanted to write. He wanted to tell the story of an Afro American guy who renounces his identity and decides to live as a Jew man in order to succeed and not be judged and degraded by his race. So, this man after being accused of racism (what an irony!) he loses his job and basically his dignity. He then meets Fonia Pharley and they both fall in love for each other in a way that not all of us can understand, inclouding me. But they do. I didn't find the casting such terrible as so many reviews presented it. In fact, after reading the book which i loved, i thought it fitted quite well, Anthony Hopkins was good as always, Ed Harris seemed just perfect for the part, Gary Sinise was the Zuckerman i had imagined and Wentworth Miller is my personal weakness. My only complaint is Nicole Kidman who i admit did not convince me. I believe she either didn't get Fonia's temperament or she wasn't able to express it properly. I found her a little more sensitive and approachable than i expected (always considering the book and the vibe of the characters i got from it). Overall, it's a good movie which must be seen AFTER reading the "human stain" by Philip Roth in order to deeply understand the story, the complex characters, the relations between them and all the meaning lying under the obvious plot.