I know this is adapted from a very good novel. I also kind of get the idea the movie wants to convey to me. But it is really so bad that I kept checking how much time before it ends during my watching. The story and characters are not depicted in a convincing way. It is like watching people presenting slides about the old New York and rich people in the last century. I kind of hoped it tells a complete and fascinating story instead of keeping telling me what I should feel. Apart from the extremely poor story telling, I think the actors/actresses are doing a good job. That is, they convinced me that their characters could be real and so are their struggles. But the whole story is not told in a good and coherent way.