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Circle of Friends Hot torrid sex, family feuds, and gold diggers. By today's standards, these topics would seemingly be the story line of any other typical Hollywood film. Unfortunately, in Maeve Binchy's critically acclaimed novel, Circle of Friends, none of the aforementioned subjects are particularly highlighted, but rather the plot follows the daily existence of a young overweight Irish girl, Benny Hogan. The film version of the book hardly keeps the bare bones of the storyline, which leads the viewer to question, was it a worthwhile novel to adapt into a mainstream movie, when for the most part, the story is completely changed, disfigured and maimed to the point that it is barely recognizable? Upon examining the sexual content of the movie versus that of the book, the omission of several key characters, and the presentation of religion across both pieces of work, it will be clear to see that the...

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