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Title: Might be OK if it wasn't called Anne of Green Gables
Review: This is the kind of adaptation that I really can't stand - Kevin Sullivan simply borrowed beloved, developed characters and then wrote his own story about them. I can only assume he knew calling her Anne Shirley would help this slanted, outlandish story sell. None of the characters in this movie share anything with Montgomery's characters except for their names.Montgomery left a legacy for Anne, not to mention a mountain of other works, so to create an Anne like this is not only a complete departure from the character her creator wanted her to be, it is a departure from any political or cultural view Montgomery had.Sullivan might be a good story teller, but in order to find out, he needs to create his own characters and not steal ones created by someone else.
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