Channel 4's second adaptation of Chris Mullin's 1982 novel A Very British Coup (the first, which kept the book's title, aired in 1988), «Secret State» is very driven by plot. (dvdizzy.com)
ORIGINAL SIN (Grade: D): Antonio Banderas and Angelina Jolie are the elements of this lifeless second adaptation (after Francois Truffaut's 1969 «Mississippi Mermaid») of Cornell Woolich's novel of obsessive love, «Waltz Into Darkness,» with the action transplanted to Colonial Cuba. (sfgate.com)
This is Anderson's second adaptation after There Will Be Blood but his approach to the source material is vastly different from the previous feature. (seattlescreenscene.com)