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My Antonia
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by Paramount
Sales Rank: 5623
Price: $19.95
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If you have read Willa Cather's beautiful novel about her friend James Burden and his devotion to the immigrant girl he fell in love with at the turn of the 20th century, beware of this movie. It only takes the romantic part of the book and makes James older from the start, incorporates fistfights, and makes the characters into different people than the ones you recognize in the book. <br /> <br />The poetic language of the story gets lost in a half-baked Cold Sassy Tree style, only worse. At least Cold Sassy Tree maintained a bit of charm. This film adaptation of Cather's work doesn't even maintain its dignity, and Jason Robards, unfortunately, couldn't even save it. All you will recognize from the book is some of the dialog when the writers felt like using it, and the main characters' names. Just like To Dance with the White Dog, this is another TV movie brought to video that violates a great novel and should be put out of its misery. Skip it and read the book as it is far more rewarding.
Viewer Reviews
This is one of the worst film adaptations of a book, overall, I have ever seen. For example, in Cather's novel, Jim's grandfather is an understanding peacemaker and appreciates Antonia's strength and independence. In the film, he's a grouchy snob who looks down on Antonia for being a foreign farmer! It's as if the writers never read the novel but instead scanned badly-written crib notes. The only parts worth watching might be Jim and Lena during Jim's University days.
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