Page to Screen: Let it Snow

After I finished reading Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle, I decided to watch the Netflix movie based on the book.

Going in, you should know that the movie is only very loosely based on the book. Like it’s actually so different, you can’t even compare the two. The characters have the same names and the same basic outline of their story in the book and that’s about it. Luckily, I had heard that was the case before I watched the movie, so I knew what to expect.

So usually when I do a Page to Screen review, I compare and contrast the book and movie, but I can’t really do that in this case since they were vastly different. I will say that I really enjoyed the movie in and of itself. It wasn’t a goofy, teenage movie with horrible acting and a cheesy plot. I liked the characters and I felt invested in them. They had substance. The Duke is played by Keirnan Shipka from Mad Men and Tobin is played by Mitchell Hope (Ben from the Descendants), both of whom are great actors. And Joan Cusack is The Tin Foil Woman! I didn’t recognize anyone else but that might be because I’m old.

I appreciated that the cast of the movie was more diverse than it is in the book and that there are LGBT characters as well. I don’t recall any in the book. This is a smart holiday movie that the whole family can enjoy. Teenagers will relate but adults will be entertained as well.