‘All The Light We Cannot See’ Review: Shawn Levy Drains The Power Of A Great Book In Netflix’s Manipulative WWII Series
theplaylist.netAnthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “All the Light We Cannot See” is a lyrically structured book, a story that moves back and forth through time and POV, using short chapters that read more like poetry than prose.
In other words, it’s a really tough book to adapt for the big or small screen. Even with that degree of difficulty in mind, the 4-part Netflix mini-series version of this moving tale that unfolds starting November 2nd is atrocious, a poorly constructed, ham-fisted, manipulative adaptation that drains the source material of all of its inherent power in favor of obvious dialogue, blunt characterizations, and genuinely horrible filmmaking.
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