My son, his cousin (who read the book) and my mother in law went to see it last weekend. My MiL is a liberal and likes Oprah but still said it was the worst movie she had even seen. My son hated it as well.
Loved the book.
I would never pay to watch oprah.
Would never watch oprah for free.
I heard that Oprah was spewing out new age pablum in this movie; that she sounded like she said d on her old TV show when she was dispensing advice to her viewers.
Maybe having Oprah as the key figure who guides this young girl on her journey, wasn’t the smartest casting????
Maybe excising Christian/religious themes found in the book, from this movie version, resulted in a watered down mess of the message the book tried to convey????