Anne with an E

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: May 12, 2017
Season #: 3, 2, 1
Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
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  1. Las Vegas Weekly
    Reviewed by: Josh Bell
    May 11, 2017
    60
    The generations who grew up with previous incarnations of Anne might not have their favorites supplanted, but the new series offers a promising introduction to the character for a new audience.
  2. Collider
    Reviewed by: Allison Keene
    May 10, 2017
    60
    Anne with an E is undeniably the most stylish adaptation we’ve ever seen of Anne of Green Gables. But its desire to reveal more of Anne’s miserable past in order to be more true to what the desperation of an orphan is like feels at odds with Montgomery’s story.

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#45 Best TV Season of 2017
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#82 Most Discussed TV Season of 2017
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#90 Most Shared TV Season of 2017

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User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 77 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 61 out of 77
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 77
  3. Negative: 10 out of 77
  1. dellia
    Jul 18, 2018
    0
    I rated This Movie an F-. What has happened to decency! Anne is teaching the girls filth, about it's ok for the same sex to have feelingsI rated This Movie an F-. What has happened to decency! Anne is teaching the girls filth, about it's ok for the same sex to have feelings for each, its disgusting!....... This Movie NOT for children! I like the Original Anne about 20 years ago! This Anne SHE looks Hideous and insane!… Full Review »
  2. Wildflower1
    Jun 5, 2017
    10
    Watching Anne with an E was like reuniting with an old friend whom you haven't seen in awhile, but you haven't missed a beat and just pick upWatching Anne with an E was like reuniting with an old friend whom you haven't seen in awhile, but you haven't missed a beat and just pick up where you left off. Binge watched all 7 episodes on a perfect Sunday. I am looking forward to Season 2!… Full Review »
  3. PaulMiller74
    May 20, 2017
    6
    The acting and production values are superb, although at times the interiors of the Cuthbert house seem a little over-styled - particularlyThe acting and production values are superb, although at times the interiors of the Cuthbert house seem a little over-styled - particularly the trendy dark teal walls that were not present at the real Green Gables. (I only know from visiting the farm.) I went into this series excited about the news I had read of the writer teasing out the darker side of Anne's orphan's life, but the constant swings of drama and hurt feelings grow tiresome. One starts to wonder why the author of the series didn't create her own original story about a turn of the last century orphan, since she seems to feel the source material needs constant punching up. The depiction of the town as some sort of English aristocracy constantly judging Anne and the Cuthberts is socially admirable, but Montgomery never suggested that Dianna's family were as high tone as this show portrays them. There are moments that are beautiful - in both the source and new material - but a good example of this writer's heavy-handedness comes in episode two, when Matthew, fetching Anne after she was banished from Green Gables over a lost broach (she was not banished in the books), has his head bashed into a carriage window while crossing a busy street. This moment had me eye-rolling through the subsequent scene, in which two stranger women perform a smattering of concerned lines with only half-hearted delivery, as though they too are as bemused by how Matthew wound up on a settee with a head bandage as Matthew himself and most followers of L.M. Montgomery would undoubtedly find themselves. The actresses playing Anne and Marilla are wonderful and the photography is great, but the episodes could use a little more restraint and not rely on the conflict-laden pacing of today's reality TV diet of storytelling. Three episodes in and I am finding my enthusiasm waning by the minute, bittersweet, as there is so much to like about the series in between the over-wrought moments.… Full Review »
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