Exactly why Oprah thought that changing the main premise of the story was a good idea is hard to fathom. As others have said the main point of the story is that the family passed off as white so none of the actors in this movie fits their characters in looks. Halle Berry is beautiful and a great actress and the other actors are all very good making this a very interesting and watchable movie, but had they stuck to the story in the book it would have been so much better.