Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 5/10

Cast: Octavia Spencer, Anne Hathaway, Chris Rock, Jahzir Bruno, Stanley Tucci, Brian Bovell, Joseph Zinvebma, Josette Simon, Jonathan Livingstone, Miranda Sarfo Peprah, Ashanti Prince-Asafo, Lunga Skosana, Vivienne Acheampong, Ken Nwosu, Arnaud Adrian, Charles Edwards, Morgana Robinson, Codie-Lei Eastwick, Sobowale Antonio Bamgbose, Orla O’Rourke, Eurdice El-Etr, Ana-Maria Maskell, Eugenia Caruso, Angus Wright, Cyril Nri.

To compare like with like is only human, and whilst art is not a competition, it cannot be dismissed when holding in your thoughts two versions of a much loved and admired source material to which both versions claim to be authentic and with the spirit of the author in their production.