Love in the Time of Cholera

The film Love in the Time of Cholera (2007), directed by Mike Newell, is an accomplished and faithful screen adaptation of the modern classic, CliffNotes on Love in the Time of Cholera. This film brilliantly hits all the major plot points whilst successfully avoiding Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez's arrestingly beautiful language, complex themes, and challenging character development. Missing is Garcia Marquez's consideration of the multiple types of love -- filial, marital, or what have you. Instead, the film's viewer is exposed to only the obsessive and sexual variety of amour. Viewers needn't bother themselves with metaphor or struggle with complex characters and themes. I highly recommend this film to any high school student who must turn in a term paper or take a quiz on Gabriel Garcia Marquez's challenging work tomorrow. Indeed, high school boys will surely appreciate the abundant nipple shots placed at regular intervals throughout the film. To most anyone else, skip the movie. Read the book.