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ADULT-ORIENTED `WILLOWS' MISSES SUBTLETIES IN STORY.(Entertainment)(Review)

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From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
Date: 19981125
Author:Nechak, Paula

Perhaps some institutions should just be left alone. Certainly the beloved children's classic, ``The Wind in the Willows,'' written by novelist Kenneth Grahame and published in 1908, is an example.

Or, at least, it could have been brought to the screen with less adult sensibility. Monty Python is too coarse and lead-footed to depict such a wistful tale.

Consequently, Terry Jones' (who was a member of the British comedy troupe) live-action approach to Grahame's book is often plodding and dull and he entirely misses the delicate innuendo in the timeless tale of old friends ...

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