Product: Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story
Rating: 3.0
Bend in the road...
"Anne of Green Gables - The Continuing Story" is the third "Anne" television installment by Sullivan Entertainment, following the excellent "Anne of Green Gables" and very decent "Anne of Avonlea."The story opens in 1915, as Anne Shirley returns to PEI after five years teaching in a Nova Scotia orphanage. She and fiance Gilbert move to New York City, she to try her hand at writing, he to finish his medical residency. The trip is a disaster, and their attempt to pick up the pieces back at Green Gables is overrun by the coming of war.It is a delight to see Megan Follows and Jonathan Crombie reprise their roles as Anne and Gilbert in a story that traces a pathway to their long-delayed wedding. Less delightful is the decision by the producers to embed Anne, Gilbert, and a number of familiar Green Gables characters in a completely new, tangled, often implausible and sometimes disturbing storyline about the First World War. It might make for compelling viewing for those new to the story, but it is likely to disappoint fans of L.M. Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables" novels.