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Payne Should Have Kept the Long Island Setting


I like this film but I fell the change of setting was a misstep on the part of Director Payne. I know he is from Nebraska but the Novel had a real sense of place which I feel is missing from the film. Full Disclosure: I grew up on Long Island.

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