This film had an uphill battle given how classic the book was. I think that this being the first adaptation (that I could find) since the book's release 34 years earlier was telling. Also, a made-for-TV movie, or movie of the week, wasn't what I was expecting.
I've heard about this book a lot, but somehow it's never really made it to my reading list. I suppose that's because I never really knew what it was about. But recently I was seeing it on a lot of top sci-fi book lists and I thought, hmm, I didn't…