Tharg – the Trailer I was for the film was enough to put me off (they gave the horse wings!), even before I learned that Pearly had been turned into a Demon, the White Horse is a Guardian Angel, and Cecil Mature was written out completely so they could shoe-horn Will Smith into the movie as an entirely new character – ‘Lucifer’, one of Pearly’s men.
“Beverly discovers Peter preparing to rob the house. When Peter assures her that he no longer wishes to commit robbery, Beverly offers to make him a cup of tea. They tell each other their stories and fall in love.”
Bathos.
Still, a lot of people (most of whom haven’t read the book) seemed to love it, so . . .