Most of the time I am reading a novel, Cissy says I should just wait for it to be turned into a movie and get the video instead. That would save a lot of time. I cannot agree with this reasoning, but this one I am going to rent, although according to the reviews the movie does not live up to the book, which was extremely entertaining.

Sherman McCoy is one of Wall Street's top brokers, but he has a fatal collision with the real world when he gets lost in the Bronx and involved in a hit-and-run car accident that he cannot mention to his wife. Reverend Bacon is an ambitious black community leader who seeks to exploit the accident to his political advantage. Lawrence Kramer is an assistant district attorney, for whom the case becomes his chance to be famous (and to impress the cuter female members of the jury). Peter Fallow is a British reporter working (when he is not too drunk for it) for a sleazy local newspaper run by Brits who all despise the Americans. The major and the district attorney are fighting for re-election, and the lawyers on both sides are only in for the glory or the money.