Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Lousy film adaptation

I love Clavell, the books are great! I've liked some of the on screen adaptations of his novels. King Rat was ok. Noble House could have been better, and the Complete Shogun was more than good. Tai-Pan falls short in so many ways. The screenplay follows the book like some maze running mouse on and acid high. Characters are omitted, continuity is forgotten and if Bryan Brown gets anywhere near a Scotish accent please let me know. I realize Clavell novels don't lend themselves to 2 hour films, except for King Rat which is the shortest I've found, but give me a break. My advice is stay away from this, stick with the book, and hope they do a Mini-series some day.