I've never read the book, but I watched the movie. I haven't seen it in a while but it made me cry. I remember that one guard, Percy I think, was a real jerk and I was yelling at the TV the whole time. I cried when he killed he mouse, that was just cruel because he knew how attached that inmate was to that mouse and what he did to that inmate when he had to die was just beyond belief.
The one thing that I distictly remember though is when it shows what really happened to the 2 sisters. He says that he used the sisters love for eachother against them. That was just too sad.
Sorry that I kind of rambled, but yea I liked that movie. I want to see it again sometime..