James Joyce's The Dead

Pros: Capture the story beautifully
Cons: Not a spectacle, not a blockbuster musical

Full marks for staging a subtle and moving adaptation of a simple and non-dramatic short story. Upon reading Joyce's The Dead it boggles my mind that this work would warrant film and theatrical treatments. Not because it doesn't merit them, but because...

Pros: poignant, intelligent
Cons: two minor weak points briefly discussed

A profoundly moving and sincere adaptation to James Joyce's short story, The Dead, starring Christopher Walken was a musical experience that I haven't had in a while. I am often worried when a piece of literature I admire is adapted to screen or theater,...