Book to Movie Adaptions - Comedy Edition
Looking for some laughs? Try these great comedies on hoopla! They’re funny stories based from bestsellers and a classic novel. And they’re loaded with big stars! Read the book and then enjoy the movie!
Bridget Jones’s Diary
A young woman decides to take control of her life-and finds herself caught between two very different men! The movie is based on Helen Fielding’s bestseller. It was a huge hit, and audiences loved Renee Zellweger in the title role.
Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12183103
E-book: https://livebrary.overdrive.com/media/584046
Christmas With The Kranks
Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis star in this holiday comedy as an empty-nest couple who decide to skip Christmas and travel instead. Then their daughter decides to come home for the holiday, and chaos results.
Link: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12183234
E-book: https://livebrary.overdrive.com/media/318607
The Prisoner Of Zenda
A London cabdriver is switched with the lookalike King of Ruritania in this slapstick comedy version of Anthony Hope’s novel. The movie is a very loose adaptation, written specifically for Peter Sellers(who plays three roles). Critics and audiences did not like the movie, but will you?