I saw this version today and although reasonably entertaining, not as great as I was expecting. Stephen Fry was great but I think a lot of liberties have been taken with the story. I have the book, must admit haven't read it all the way through, but from what I understand from the bits I've read and the other film versions I have seen, this has been "modernised" a bit, such as making Flashman more sexually immoral (using prostitutes) and leaving a girl pregnant who later has an abortion. The fight between Brown and Flashman is in the yard and much more violent, and It also hints at one of the boys being homosexual. Were these scenes in the original book? I doubt it. I also didn't like the "reality TV" style camera-work where it tries to make things look as if taken by a camcorder (wobbly camera-work, zooms in and out) and this was most distracting and out of place in a period drama. Apart from that, it was good. The bullying scenes (particularly the roasting) were handled well. 7/10
Review of Tom Brown's Schooldays
