Pollyanna (TV Movie 2003)

Pollyanna (TV Movie 2003). 1h 39m | Not Rated

“This just showed on television tonight and I canu0026#39;t contain my joy and happiness for it. Last year mum bought the Hayley Mills version on DVD which I had used to like as a young girl but kind of stopped watching because my older sisters said it was u0026#39;so stupid and babyish.u0026#39; So last year I renewed my love for Pollyanna and then I found the book in our library and read it and loved it again and again. I actually was reading it today on the bus (a different libraryu0026#39;s copy). u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd yesterday mum was telling me that she saw an ad for Pollyanna thatu0026#39;s a different version and I was so excited. I had a little pet peeve with the Hayley Millu0026#39;s Pollyanna because it completely strayed from the book, though the essence of gladness is still there. I started watching it tonight and pulled out the book from my bag and read along during those enormously long commercial breaks, and well Iu0026#39;ve only seen this and the other version of Pollyanna, Iu0026#39;m so glad to find it so in tune with the book completely! u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAmanda Burton is such a good actress and she wouldu0026#39;ve been a good silent film actress with such a stunning ability to convey emotion with looks. I do think Jane Wyman did a very good job as Aunt Polly too! u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePollyanna (Georgiana Terry) was so much how I imagined from the book, except for some occurrences of storming out of the room which I thought was a bit out of character for the happy girl, and was so adorable how could Aunt Polly and everybody help but love her.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDr. Chilton (not Chiltern) was much how I pictured him as well and had a very nice look about him. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt was all so faithful to the book, I am very very glad about that, and now I donu0026#39;t know how I could ever watch the other version again, though I probably will until I own this one on DVD. Yes. I shed tears at the end. It was wonderful! Iu0026#39;d like to think that Elanor H. Porter would be very pleased because as a Pollyanna lover I am!”