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  • And not just in terms of cinematography (which makes you want to pack your bags and head to Prince Edward Island right this second), but also in terms of the the heart and soul that has been put into the show which is clearly evident. Without spoiling anything this show has -
    • Heartfelt storylines
    • Stunning soundtrack that can move mountains
    • Gorgeous cinematography
    • Realistic takes on identity, bullying, prejudice, racism, sexism
    • Dialogues that resonate deeply
    • Cathartic narrative
    • Comedy that not only makes you laugh out loud but is also so humane that it leaves you smiling long after


    Above all, in a time where tv shows and movies are serving way too much dark and dystopian content, to the point they've crossed the saturation point, Anne with an E remains realistic AND hopeful, which makes its effects long-lasting and its content ageless. Go binge it on Netflix right now. You'll not regret it.
  • 77Lynne10 December 2019
    This is one of my favourite shows.

    I loved the old version and this one is a beautifully updated version of that story. I see a lot of hate written from purist with no scope of imagination, who dislike this. However, it is about time that we accept the fact that rural 1900's Canada was not all flowers, red roads and poetry.

    This modern version does not look through rose coloured glasses so we can edit out what we don't want to admit (like LGTBQ people existed back then too, First Nations and African people were wronged terribly and women were oppressed) and yet while addressing these injustices it was still true to Anne of Green Gables core ideas. The love of family and friends.

    The chemistry between Marilla, Mathew, Anne, Gilbert and Diana is perfect and I can't think of a show that has moved me to happy tears more than they have. It is an injustice to trash this show just because it doesn't fit perfectly into the mold of the old show or book. After all Anne didn't fit into anyones mold and that is why so many people love her.

    I read recently that the show has been cancelled and a deeply disappointed. This show was so good at portraying a real family, with real struggles all the while keeping with what makes Anne of Green Gables so special, that I feel as though I am losing a part of mine. I will miss it.
  • Warning: Spoilers
    Season 3 is a masterpiece - a kaleidoscope of love, significant issues, friendship and community blended in with more serious themes.

    It has well and truly grown on me and the excellent young and older cast and beautiful scenery and photography are not a small part of this.

    The theme song is very creative and the musical score deserves awards.
  • This is one of the most beautiful shows I have ever had the pleasure of watching. I have read the books and though it differs from the books it truly is the closest to perfect television we have gotten in the past 10 years or so. It tackles modern day issues that have been alive throughout time and does so in a thought provoking fascinating way. The acting and production are second to none and it truly deserves another season to continue the storytelling. Anne Shirley Cuthburt is a passionate individual and so are her fans! She is a true role model for every young person today.
  • ewelinabrozyna3 December 2019
    One of the best shows I have ever watched I highly recommend it to everyone doesn't matter what age you are. Everyone will find something interesting in it. Amazing acting, scenography, costumes, music and of course storylines
  • amcc925 November 2019
    I was such a huge fan of the Megan Follows depiction of the beloved character Anne. This depiction is also superb. So moving and so much more emotion than the former. They cannot be compared, one no less better than the other. Different but oh so excellent and beautifully acted. I love it!
  • barbagallo-donatella21 December 2019
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    I have reade the books, seen tv shows, movies and eben animated series about the beloved Anne Of Green Gables novels. This show is a truly masterpiece under many points ov view: cinematography, acting, directing and music are just a few of those. Amybeth mcnulty is going to hypnoze you with her acting. I have just seen seanos 1, 2 and 3 all in a week because I couldn't wait. This show is something else on netflix. It a shame for the network not to renewing it and cancel it after 3 seasons. 10/10
  • There aren't enough words to describe how much this show means to me. Watching this show has brought me so much hope and happiness. I will forever be eternally grateful for this show and I can only hope that Netflix can find it in their hearts to give us one more season. If you're looking for something lighthearted to watch or just a new show in general, please watch Anne With an E. You won't regret it. The storylines and characters are amazing and they show just how much hard work was put into creating this show.
  • Anne with an E manages to bring up topics that we rarely see in period dramas. It shows the importance of family, friends, nature, and above all, staying true to yourself. You fall in love with the characters so easily, but they aren't portrayed as perfect, everyone has their flaws but I think that's why so many people are able to relate to them. Anne has made me a better person. I've started to appreciate things I didn't before, it's like I got a new pair of eyes. Nonetheless I recommend it to everyone, no matter the age, give it a try. It will only do you good.
  • It is true that we never got over the cancellation of "Anne With An E", one of the most acclaimed series by the public over the last few years. The production, based on the book "Anne of Green Gables", by Lucy Maud Montgomery, was a joint responsibility of the CBC channel and Netflix.

    The whole plot is centered on the transformation of Anne's life, an orphan who, after years of experiencing a series of humiliations by the current social assistance system, is going to live with a single woman and her brother.

    The program had a strong optimistic message, especially due to the fact that the protagonist, in the meantime, not only revolutionizes her own reality, but also that of her adoptive family and everyone around her.

    Now, on the night of last Wednesday (22), the website ScreenRant published an article in which it commented on the reasons why the production would have been taken off the air. According to CBC executive Sally Catto, the registered audience numbers were below expectations and failed to reach the age group between 25 and 54 years - which corresponds to the broadest audience of the broadcaster and, consequently, would jeopardize its continuity.

    The fans, in turn, continue to cheer for the production to return on another channel or platform. We sign below and await news! It doesn't hurt to dream, right?
  • I just came around this page to check for the airing date of episode two and saw there were no reviews yet. So I created an account to write my first review on IMDb, long overdue but definitely worth given the treasure this series is promising to offer.

    It is hard to say what exactly makes this series so great. Based on one of the strongest books I read as a child, there certainly is a great base for the story, yet -- as with any adaption of a classic -- just as much a chance to get it all wrong. Luckily, as much as can be said after the first episode, I think we are in for a real treat.

    Lets start with the characters. Amybeth McNulty as Anne comes around like an incarnation out of my childhood imagination. Her performance is inspiring, intoxicating and captivating, just as much as the description of Anne in the books of L.M. Montgomery. Geraldine James and R.H. Thomson are performing just as great, both their roles are very minimal in expression but so much on the point. I have not had such an emotional roller coaster in a long time -- and I am ever so glad to see that while almost every other of the great TV series of our time requires war, violence, a terrorist plot, plenty of guns or at least tough bad-asses up to whatever even tougher stuff, a story about a young imaginative and poetic girl searching and fighting for her place in the world, is outperforming everyone else around.

    That said, I think this series comes at a very important point in time. It certainly is the story of a strong, intelligent and confident young girl refusing to accept the role a girl supposedly should have in her world, constantly questioning and exploring. We cannot have enough of these kinds of role models. It also is so great to listen to her language, so colorful and descriptive and so much richer than most of what is being aired today. It is the joy about every small wonder that Anne is discovering and describing on her journey, that is contagiously reaching out to me as a viewer, and I celebrate her perspective for its positiveness. More scope for the imagination is what we need!
  • Warning: Spoilers
    I absolutely love Anne with an E, it's smooth and eye-catching cinematography and use of setting really helps set the scene in Avonlea. All the actors play their characters with such splendid ease, it's almost second nature to them. The acting is phenomenal! You just can't help but fall in love with Anne (Amybeth McNulty), a fierce red-haired dreamer, with a beautiful soul. The writers and creators of the show have developed a modern take on our beloved "Anne of Green Gables" with new and old entertaining and emotional moments that fans and viewers alike can cherish. I can only hope that we (the fans) can hopefully get a season 4, because after watching the season 3 finale, it's become so much clearer that even though Anne has to spread her wings at Queen's we wish that we could be taken along the way to see the rest of her journey. Renewal or not, Anne with an E is a fierce, groundbreaking, and forward thinking show that teaches us all to be kinder to one another and notice the little things in life especially in our world today. Anne has thought me so much about myself, and I'm so glad she did. So Anne with an E will always have a little place in my heart, now and forever.
  • Starts off very well. Beautiful location. Heartwarming story. Unfortunately, by the middle of series two, we have a number of story arcsintroduced that I highly doubt were in the original books. Perhaps it is due time we all moved on from the late 1800s and into a modern re-making.

    If you like your classic childrens books progressively advanced to cover LGBT and feminist positive content then you will enjoy this production immensely.

    As usual the main male characters are deeply flawed - cowards, thieves, prideful, bullies, drunks, or sanctimonious (plus a MAP). They are appropriately brought to their knees or self-recognition of their failings.

    I won't rate it lower, as I didn't continue watching beyond S2E5, and I'm happy to leave it with some good memories. Who knows where it goes from there.

    As usual, a series can rapidly go downhill. This seems to be one of them.
  • The show is well made, acting is good, sets are nice. However, modern media has once again ruined a timeless classic by injecting it with their modern ideas and dilemmas and social issues. Don't get me wrong, a show about a young girl in the late 1800s dealing with abuse and hardship and all the struggles involved growing up in that time sounds like a great show. But it is NOT Anne of Green Gables. This is supposed to be a happy, wholesome show that teaches life lessons. Not this mangled mess. They're just capitalizing on the Anne franchise name. Another big issue is Anne's character. She is so unlikeable, cringey, manipulative and conniving. That is so wrong. Yes, book Anne lies sometimes and has a temper, but the show could not have gotten her more wrong.
  • Anne with an E is exactly the show that we need in our world today. It deals with all kinds of important topics such as residential schools, women's rights, black history, and the LGBTQ community. It does so in an heart warming, educational, and kid friendly manner. Anne with an E is also brilliantly made in every department from casting to costume design to cinematography. It is a fabulous Canadian show that everyone show that everyone should watch
  • amessagefortommy21 March 2017
    I was a child of the 80's and grew up in a household with a single television set. As a result, I was forced to endure many hours of the Anne Of Green Gables video collection courtesy of my two sisters. They were absolutely hooked on what is widely considered to be the definitive dramatization of L.M. Montgomery's books. To be honest, I did enjoy it (as well as developing a slight crush on Megan Follows) but don't tell my sisters that. So I approached this reboot with a due sense of caution and cynicism. I'm overjoyed to say that the first installment of Moira Walley-Beckett's (Breaking Bad) new vision, simply titled 'Anne' is just sensational.

    Wally-Beckett, along with director Niki Caro and producer Miranda de Pencier, deliver a more mature, detailed and sober depiction of the timeless classic in a movie length episode. While still staying true to the books this shrewd trio have dispensed with Disney-like sugary sentimentality of previous versions in favour of a slightly bleaker yet more accurate view of life in early 1900's Nova Scotia.

    The casting of three of the three leads, Amybeth McNulty as Anne, Geraldine James as Marilla Cuthbert and R.H. Thomson as Matthew Cuthbert was absolutely spot on. McNulty in particular brings an extra layer to the story with her invigorating portrayal of the title character. I laughed out loud several times as she perfectly captured the tragic comedy of Anne's muddled arrival to Green Gables. However don't be surprised if you have to reach for the tissues a couple of times too.

    This is still a story for kids and young adults but the older folks will get a big kick out of this new razor sharp adaption. I can't wait for episode two!
  • dosblakey16 September 2019
    I loved the books Anne of Green Gables. This is a great series and I am not put off by the embellishments added to the stories in the books. In fact the books left me wanting more. This is worth watching.
  • themuddyartist19 December 2019
    This show is fantastic. Gorgeous cinematography, lovely music, fantastic characters, and excellent acting. It has something for all age groups. My elementary -aged daughters and I both love it.
  • nicolecutajar19 December 2019
    PLEASE RENEW THIS AMAZING SERIES! It discusses so much topics that are of importance. Season 3 is the best one yet, and I believe this can only get better!
  • What an adventure. I loved every single character. Beautiful scenery, beautiful tales of love in its very ways. I fell in love with the main characters right away. 10/10
  • I read the books when I was third and fourth grade; watched the previous miniseries and movie adaptations, and am thoroughly enchanted by this new series. Amybeth McNulty embodies Anne in new light and delivers a fully-formed character. Three episodes in and I am hooked on the evolution of so many characters.

    The child actors are phenomenal and treated with great detail and continuity. The simple route would be less dimensional school pupils, but this series brings them all into view fully formed, with great individuality.

    Three episodes in and I'm falling in love with the elderly couple who adopted Anne in a very real way. Geraldine James portrayal is unfolding quietly and convincingly. She is helping to complete the heart of this tale and the charm of it is that the character of Marilla seems as surprised by it as we are.

    What a phenomenal effort.
  • If you want to cry, laugh, empathize strongly with the beautifully written characters and cheer for them, this show is definitely for you!

    "It's not what the world holds for you, it's what you bring to it. And you bring so much..."

    AnnE definitely has a strong emphasis on the family life, friendships and HEALTHY relationships, not the toxic kind you see in a lot of shows nowadays.. Also I love how we see "non-traditional" families there: brother and sister with an orphan girl, a man with a newly born baby raising it with his friend who is like a brother to him, an elderly woman giving home to a young boy who ran away from his unaccepting family..

    I watched with my mom and I think we bonded over it.. made us realize some things, and we heard some stuff we rally needed to hear...

    Plus the wonderful soundtrack and cinematography ahh! Beautiful show, just beautiful...
  • It's hard to score this series without considering its ideological roots.

    Good music, fine cast and well written story of the first season has been exchanged for boring, tedious and unnecessary indoctrination in the second.

    It's not the fact that they choose to change the original story. It's not even for what they have chosen to add... it's how it was done. I felt like I was on unconscious bias course. "This is a gay person DO NOT BY ENY MEANS SAY OR THINK ANYTHING WRONG ABOUT HIM/HER".

    Ann is enlightened teenager with nothing but "love" in her heart for anyone in the world even for oppressed gay people. Enough of it already... we get it: We are all "people kind".
  • Warning: Spoilers
    As a Canadian, you sort of grow up with this celebrated story. The first I heard of Anne of Green Gables was a reading in Elementary school back in the early 80's, then as a play several times over the years.

    This version of Anne of Green Gables is more of an interpretation of the books. There are snippets here and there that are directly from the original, but there is a heck of a lot of filler that L. M. Montgomery never wrote, and...

    **** SPOILER ****

    I'm not sure if it's exactly a spoiler, but the content of the new series is darker and more mature than anything that was in the original books. There are just so many major things going on in this new series that weren't even mentioned in the books that it feels like too much of a departure, and I wonder if it's not been done on purpose so they can draw it out into multiple seasons.

    If you haven't seen the 80's / 90's version of Anne of Green Gables (Megan Follows version) do yourself a favour and watch it first. It stays amazingly true to the tone of the books and the characters are so well cast it's hard to imagine anyone else in the roles.

    If you have never heard of Anne of Green Gables and haven't read or seen any other production, then you probably will enjoy this one, but if you know the books or the earlier shows, it may be hard to accept the differences in the characters.
  • Honestly, I wouldn't mind this show if it wasn't trying to pretend that it's Anne of Green Gables. Interesting storylines and ideas, good drama, but the only thing the characters share with the original are their names. While I am sure that Anne's life wasn't really as rosy as it is painted in the books, Anne saw life that way, she saw the magic in everything. Making a 'realistic' or 'darker' Anne is completely unnecessary and goes against the nature of the stories. I would like this show if it had any other source material. The main actress cannot pull off Anne's sense of wonder, she is awkward to watch at times. The pacing of the show is also very strange.
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