3.5 Stars out of 4 It’s a tough assignment to make a movie from a book that’s so remarkably successful. More often than not, the movie is always a bit of a letdown. You just can’t communicate a person’s inner thoughts and worlds on the screen in two hours in the same way you can in a book. Now subtract the person in this scenario and add one Octopus, and you can see why this assignment would be particularly challenging. But honestly? They did pretty well here. It went straight to Netflix and this won’t be on any big screens. But all in all, they made a pretty decent movie here. A big part of the reason why, was the casting of Sally Field as the cleaning lady Tova. She’s one of those actresses who can still carry a film. Here she displays a hard-earned vulnerability from a life that has had more than its share of heartbreaks. Sure she’s got friends, but her closest confidant is easily Marcellus the Octopus. Marcellus believes himself to be smarter than most huma...