Where'd You Go Bernadette Movie

(may contain movie spoilers)

I went with my mom to see Where'd you Go Bernadette at the Drexel. I loved the book when I read it in 2014 or whenever and talked my mom into reading it shortly after. We've been waiting for the movie for a while! Bernadette is in my top 10 of favorite fictional characters for sure and if I knew enough directors to have a favorite it would be Richard Linklater. Since the book is mostly emails or random receipts and stuff and narrated by Bee I'm sure it was really hard to make it into a movie but I thought it turned out great.

We both totally LOVED the movie! I laughed & cried more than any other time I have in a movie theater. Cate Blanchett killed it as Bernadette, she captured her personality perfectly. The movie stays pretty true to the book except Elgie doesn't have an affair with Soo-Lin which I was really happy about because that's annoying and it would've felt even more out of place in the movie because of the time constraint. My favorite lines from the book made it in too including the fight with Bernadette & Bee vs. Audrey and Bee's "Mom and I lived for each other..". The clothes Bernadette wears in the movie were really awesome and fun to watch too. Bernadette's previous life in LA was portrayed in a documentary which I thought was a really clever way to tell the audience about that essential part of the story.

If you liked the book I highly recommend the movie despite the bad rotten tomatoes reviews. I plan on seeing this again next weekend.