The book and the movie were different in very small ways. Like in the book he was all emotional and crying all the time but in the movie he didn't cry at all. However the guy in the movie and the real Morrie looked a lot a think. In the movie he didn't give Morrie the brief case and Morrie didn't meet Mitch's parents. He didn't cry then either. But the movie was helpful because you got to hear some of the lines from the book in context like when Mitch told Morrie he would keep in touch. Another thing that was wrong was that Mitch and his wife were just dating in the movie.