Product: Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story
Rating: 1.0
If it were possible, I'd give this 0 stars
This piece of tripe is one of the worst films ever made. The filmmaker borrowed the character names from the classic L.M. Montgomery books, and created a hideous travesty that is totally untrue on multiple levels:1) Timing: Anne's children fought in WWI, she would have been about 40 at this time. Plus, she and Gil were long-married, not just newlyweds.2) Patriotism: The filmmaker adds a sordid anachronistic "anti-war" theme which was absolutely not present in Anne's character, nor in her community.3) Senitmental pap: Anne was headstrong, but also a pragmatist. She'd never have traipsed through the European battlefields searching for Gil -- nor put herself in compromising situations with friends. At that time, no well-bred lady would have been sharing a hotel room with a man to whom she was not married.4) The cry baby: Throughout the last 3/4 of the movie, Anne lugs around a giant baby (at least 9 months old), which is accompanied by the soundtrack of a newborn infant wailing. I'm serious -- this kid never stops crying.If you love the previous Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea movies, do yourself a favor and skip this one. I wish I had.