Maidgethma
Wonderfully offbeat film!
Reptileenbu
Did you people see the same film I saw?
Dirtylogy
It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
Isbel
A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
bkoganbing
Similar to Pollyanna in its central character Anne Of Green Gables written in the Edwardian era by Canadian novelist Lucy Maud Montgomery has attained an enduring popularity the world over. It certainly has given Canada's smallest province Prince Edward Island its most famous identity.In this adaption of the story young Anne Shirley played by Anne Shirley is sent by an orphanage to a sister and brother, Helen Westley and O.P. Heggie instead of a boy. It's a boy they want to help with the farm work as they're not spring chickens. But the orphanage sends a girl instead and Shirley has an innocence and bewitching charm and one lively imagination that captivates Heggie from the start. The crusty Westley takes a bit longer, but she grows to love her like a birth daughter though she takes great pains not to show it too much.The novel has been adapted many times for the big and small screen and even for a mini-series. We get only the bare bones of a plot, but the skill of the players makes up for a lot of it. Tom Brown is in this too as Anne's boyfriend although their courtship is a bit rocky. They start with Anne busting her school slate on his noggin.This is a good adaption that has held up well even for today. We'll no doubt see Anne Of Green Gables made many times over still, but this story is timeless as is this film.
Unwanted_Birdtamer
I wasn't expecting much, and I wasn't expecting this film to be completely true to the book it was based on; but I guess I was expecting at least more than a passing resemblance to the book. People have mentioned that it mostly sticks to the book....I wonder which book they read. Although the first half hour of the film is pretty close to the novel, the rest of the film is made up almost completely out of thin air. *SPOILERS*The biggest change which I really hated, was that in the film, Matthew was supposed to have married Gilbert Blythe's mother (in the book, it was Marilla who was supposed to have married Gilbert Blythe's father). Because Gilbert's mother ran off with someone else and left Matthew, Marilla has an inexplicable hatred of Gilbert. Yea, that makes a lot of sense. She dislikes him so much, that when she finds out Anne and Gilbert are romantically involved, she schemes and lies to separate them--by telling Anne that she owes Marilla and Matthew too much to disobey them like this, and lies to Gilbert by telling him Anne doesn't love him. What in the world happened to the lovable Marilla and Matthew of the book? Although Marilla did have pain at seeing Gilbert in the novel, thinking he could have been her son, she certainly would have never schemed and lied to keep Anne and Gilbert separated. And she certainly wouldn't have tried to manipulate Anne into doing what she wanted by reminding her of what she "owed" to the Cuthberts because they took her in. As for the rest of the film, the actors who played Matthew and Gilbert aren't bad--although if I closed my eyes, I would have sworn Gilbert was being played by Mickey Rooney. Anne Shirley plays Anne even more hyper and obnoxious than I would have thought possible in the first half of the film; and then she suddenly morphs into a completely different character as she becomes a teenager and becomes a completely boring typical 1930s female.
sunny_redhead
I found this movie to be fair for a film made in the 30's. Though if you are a fan of the Anne books I do not reccomend it. Anne Shirley did play her character nicely, but it wasn't enough to satisfy me. She rushed things too much and babbled too much, even for the character. Though minor I did not like that Diana was a blonde, she was supposed to have raven hair. Another thing, Anne and Gilbert do not become friends until the end of the book, the love affair was Marilla's and Mathew dies. If you really like Anne of Green Gables the books I suggest that you do not watch this movie, but watch the 1985 version starring Megan Follows, she plays an ideal Anne. So for a closing comment it was a cute movie but not the Anne i knew from the books.
Rose-35
I've been a big fan of Lucy Maud Montgomery's work since I first saw the 1985 version of "Anne of Green Gables" and "Road to Avonlea". After viewing the 1934 version, I thought it was enjoyable but I think the '85 version was better. Probably just because I'm used to all the characters/actors from the recent one but the '34 version was a good adaptation. I thought Anne Shirley did a good job in the role and I also like the actress who played Marilla. Overall, I'd give this film a 6/10.