Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables is a story of an orphan girl who longs to find a kindred spirit that can become her bosom buddy. Shuffled from one home to another she learns to use her imagination to escape her troubled surroundings. By accident, she is adopted by Marilla Cuthbert and her shy brother Matthew Cuthbert who had been expecting a strong boy to help around the farm. Anne's indomitable spirit and constant poetic ramblings soon soften the hearts of those she comes in contact. Marilla tells Matthew that Anne can stay as long as she is the one who has the ultimate authority over Anne's training. She admonishes Matthew by saying even though she may not know much about child rearing as an old maid she still has more qualifications than an old bachelor.

Anne is overjoyed that she finally has a place to call home but all is still not calm in her new life. Sensitive about her red hair, she erupts in fury and breaks her slate over a handsome classmate's head who dared to call her "carrots" and tug on her pigtail. Thus starts a competition between Gilbert Blyth and Anne as they excel in their academic studies and grow into adulthood.

Anne of Green Gables is written by Lucy Maud Montgomery in 1908. I first saw the movie on a public television channel that was running a telethon to raise money for their station. I was just channel surfing during a commercial when I started watching Anne of Green Gables and I couldn't stop. The movie was so sweet and uplifting, it was a joy to watch. It made me want to crawl inside my television to visit Anne's world. Anyway, I highly recommend this movie to anybody who loves a good story that the whole family can watch.