Was it worth the read? I've never read an Anne Tyler novel. I've only seen one other movie adaptaion, Saint Maybe; I hated it. I'm am *so* not into ultimate self-sacrifice. Not on the I am holier-than-thou-self-flagellation level that came through on the movie.

I watched ASDL on DVD and I can't remember if it was captioned or not. I can't imagine that it wasn't. It's a very recent release.