This had the feel of a made for tv Christmas Special. Kind of a low budget version of the original really. I liked parts of the book, but the characters and the obstacles between them didn't quite make sense to me. The character who's supposed to grow, only has to grow in terms of making one decision (that turns out not to even have consequences) because trusting and feeling less alone is a mindset thing or something? I don't think psychology works like that. The writing/dialogue is good but the story felt a bit hollow for me.