A writer writes. A novel. When it comes to his novel, the characters, the flow, the exposition, he is God. It is his universe. A film studio buys the rights. A 2 hour movie is made compressing the story and exposition. It is a hit. A star is launched. It is iconic. Time passes. Looking for content, a production company redoes the novel as a miniseries. It has to maintain the vibe in an extended time format and fight the stereotyping of the main character for those who remember. Given the above, this is a competent effort. The two main stars are excellent. Boynton in particular seems more at home in the 60s than those of us who are actually from the 60s. ((Designated "IMDb Top Reviewer." Please check out my list "167+ Nearly-Perfect Movies (with the occasional Anime or TV miniseries) you can/should see again and again (1932 to the present))
Review of The Ipcress File
