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Hazard Pay for the Screenwriters
The book upon which this movie is based was agonizingly long. Rowling desparately needed an editor to bring the beast to heel. I don't know how anyone could adapt that mess to a movie format and from what I could tell, they were unable to do so. 138 minutes is absurdly long for the subject matter, unless it is a closeup of Alan Rickman reading the phone book. That, I could tolerate.