In light of my recent review of "Easy A," I figured I should also review "The Scarlet Letter" which I watched several years ago. The Demi Moore version of the film could easily be characterized as soft porn. What the Hawthorne novel left to the imagination, the film covered in much detail. The film did a great job of making you feel sympathy for Hester Prynne, the adulturer. The movie version spent much less time dealing with the Puritan moral standards and societal impact of Hester's actions than it did on the forbidden love between Hester and the Reverend. While the movie adaptation strayed from the novel, it was a compelling love story. It gets 3 out of 5 stars.
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