Author Mark Manson explores what is important in life and for happiness, looking at episodes from his own life, lessons learned from introspection and disappointment and general accumulation of knowledge. He also looks at some of the "breakthroughs" in self-help and self-actualisation and how some of these were false dawns.
I bought and read Mark Manson's book of the same name shortly after it was released, more out of curiosity, trying to find something to read and the fact that it was the #1 selling book at the time than out of any genuine interest. I had low expectations for it as I am generally not into self-help books and my apathy levels are well above normal already.
To my surprise I enjoyed it and while it is not earth-shatteringly profound it is still quite illuminating and thought-provoking,
When I discovered that's there's a movie adaptation of the book I had similarly low expectations, this time because I didn't see how the book could be turned into a movie and, what's more, how could a movie add to what the book's already said (and, no, I'm not one of those people who always think the book is better than the movie).
Turns out the movie is pretty good. It takes the content of the book and dramatizes it very well. In addition, Mark Manson's narration and descriptions are quite engaging and help the understanding of the subject.
Like the book, the movie is not earth-shatteringly profound but is interesting and engaging and does make some good points. Despite being essentially a self-help film it is quite entertaining.
I bought and read Mark Manson's book of the same name shortly after it was released, more out of curiosity, trying to find something to read and the fact that it was the #1 selling book at the time than out of any genuine interest. I had low expectations for it as I am generally not into self-help books and my apathy levels are well above normal already.
To my surprise I enjoyed it and while it is not earth-shatteringly profound it is still quite illuminating and thought-provoking,
When I discovered that's there's a movie adaptation of the book I had similarly low expectations, this time because I didn't see how the book could be turned into a movie and, what's more, how could a movie add to what the book's already said (and, no, I'm not one of those people who always think the book is better than the movie).
Turns out the movie is pretty good. It takes the content of the book and dramatizes it very well. In addition, Mark Manson's narration and descriptions are quite engaging and help the understanding of the subject.
Like the book, the movie is not earth-shatteringly profound but is interesting and engaging and does make some good points. Despite being essentially a self-help film it is quite entertaining.