I just saw Fences and, honestly I was underwhelmed. Liked the characters and really liked their dialogue, but seemed like not enough happened onscreen. I don't mind movies that are remade from plays so long as they don't still feel like plays; otherwise they feel very constrained, as this one does.

Not sure the above made sense, so I'll say this. Off the top of my head, an example of a movie that was remade from a play yet did not feel constrained is A Few Good Men.