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Title: Has nothing to do with the L.M. Montgomery Series -- and bad screenwriting to boot
Review: First, as others have pointed out, the story isn't a continuation of the Anne novels by L.M. Montgomery. It simply has nothing at all to do with it, although the characters have the same names.Second, the screen-writing is terrible. (And the plot is weak.) That's what comes of trying to imagine completely new contexts for old characters, and trying to tie them together using phrases/expressions from the older films. So even if one tries to forget the books, it's still a disappointing film.
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