Product: Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story
Rating: 5.0
The Best In the Series
Within the past two weeks, I've watched all three "Anne" movies, and this was clearly the best. I wasn't even going to watch the first one, but found myself falling for the characters as it played on our TV. Perhaps some of the other reviewers would have preferred a more conservative Anne, but I found this Anne to be an excellent snapshot of a mature woman who has come into her own, and who is simply NOT content with just being a married woman and doting mother (which is fine for those who want that). Follows shows an Anne who is still very youthful at heart, but who grows so much by the end of this movie.Megan Follows and Jonathan Crombie took the characters they brought to life and breathed an adult life into them with this film. Often, when actors return to characters they played years before, you can tell they were just doing it for the money. Not with these two. They presented characters that have grown since we last saw them - characters that time has touched, but still remain true to their core.The writing is superb and the acting is excellent. The transformation that the characters take in this movie simply must be seen. Kevin Sullivan, Megan Follows, Jonathan Crombie, and the rest should be extremely proud of this film. If you're a fan of the book series, suspend your judgment and preconceptions and watch this film as a possible reality for the characters. You will not be disappointed.