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Soooo disappointing

posted 13 years ago by anniewrose
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I was really looking forward to this as 'The Children of Green Knowe' was one of my favourite childhood books ... totally fed up with this dreadful adaptation ... the actor playing Tolly was far too old for the part and Maggie Smith was too young ... (casting take note) ... the story was distorted beyond belief ... what happened to Toby, Linnet and Feste ???

The whole cast seemed uninterested, the story was lost and i am amazed that Lucy M Boston's relatives sold out to this extent ..

badly done Julian Fellowes .... the original tale was magical and full of cinematic promise ... you ruined it !

[–] maineguy_04043 7 years ago

I love this movie! Great Casting!!! Awesome all around!

[–] CoriSCapnSkip (1563) 4 years ago

In The Children of Green Knowe, Tolly's age is not mentioned, but it is mentioned that "Granny" is his great grandmother, not his grandmother, so yes Maggie Smith was too young. In The Chimneys of Green Knowe, on which this movie is based, Tolly's age is given as nine, so yes Alex Etel was too old as were the other two children. Jacob and Susan were eight in the book.