I believe that although the film contains most of the plot that one might expect it to contain, it does not do what the book sets out to do! When i was reading the book i found it to be a masterpiece of literature that all should read. The film, however, doe not follow the accuracies of the book, for example in the book the woods can be seen out of the window in Gretels room and the fence runs along from Bruno's room. in the film however Bruno has to walk through the woods to get to the fence! These are coupled with other mistakes, i would suggest that one should read either the book or watch the film, otherwise one will likely get annoyed with the opposite of what they are writing!
