I love the movie, which I've seen many times (in my top ten favorite movies if I had to list). It was fun to see how the book is different, such as: the dad is in it more, and Ella meets Prince Charmant when she's a kid. In the movie, the crisis comes to a bigger climax; that is, dangerous events that are averted in the book actually come to a head in the movie, improving on the book. And the actors are all so brilliant. The book is very good. I don't care too much when an author makes up fantasy languages; Levine almost got too carried away with this, in my opinion, but some people like this type of thing.