Pollyanna [VHS]
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VHS Movie Reviews of Pollyanna [VHS]
Movie Review: A true Rainbow making Movie!
Summary: 5 Stars
I watched this film when I was eight years old and, I truly loved it right from the start. Sadly By the age of eight I lost this movie and I began to hate it! I guess I was to foolish and blind folded to realise what the whole point is. I completely took this movie out of my Disney Collection at home. Then several years later I turned Twelve. I started thinking, and I said to myself, " I want to see Pollyanna," and I kept saying that over and over. Then I was walking along in Wal*Mart and I went over to the electronics and, I was looking at the Vault Disney Collections. And guess what, I saw Pollyanna! The movie cost $, but it was worth far more than that. When I got home I watched it again, and again and, it will always have a place in my heart. I realised that I was a foolish little child, with no feelings. I'm so glad that I found this movie and you will be to. So if you were once a foolish little child and you gave up on this film, give it a second chance and you will fall in love with it all over again. As I said this is a true Rainbow Making Movie!Movie Review: A Disney Gem!
Summary: 5 Stars
PollyAnna is a wonderful movie and one of Hayley Mills best, it's not my #1 favorite that would be The Parent Trap but it is in my top 3 along with That Darn Cat. This movie is charming and sweet but it's not sappy and definitely is worthy of being called a classic, it is being released to DVD soon and I think that's fantastic!Movie Review: The Eternal Optimist
Summary: 5 Stars
Pollyanna is a innocent spirit in a strict world ruled by adults who somehow lost the connection with their inner child early in life. She enjoys the moment and this irritates people until they learn that the way she sees life really does bring happiness to their own existence on the planet.
Adopted by her Aunt, she learns to live a new life after loosing her missionary parents in the British West Indies. Her father seems to have taught her how to deal with life and she often quotes something wonderful he has said. Of course, the grownups in the story don't understand her at all and tell her not to repeat the wisdom of her father. That in fact showed how out of touch they are with a child's delicate feelings.
Unshaken, Pollyanna is happy just to have her own room and still desires to see life in a positive way. She also gives everyone more than one chance to see the beauty in life. She becomes a ray of sunshine and a breath of fresh air in a stuffy town filled with grumpy lives. Yet, even Pollyanna gives up for a few minutes, then realizes what a responsibility she has to bring happiness to the lives of those she has learned to love.
Almost single handedly, she rallies the entire town to a good cause and helps to raise money for a new orphanage. Like a little angel, she touches each life she meets with a sweet innocence and creative flair.
Just as Pollyanna has changed so many lives for the better, her life takes a drastic turn for the worse. Even in the face of tragedy, what she does achieve is actually quite miraculous. The ending is spectacular and shows how love can really change the world you live in. You will not cry for the sadness of the situation, but more for the overwhelming realization of what one life can achieve.
Perfect for all ages and a much needed ray of light in our pessimistic world! After viewing this movie, you might start to see more good in life and in others. It is there if you find the time to look.
You will smile, laugh and cry.
Absolutely Charming!
~The Rebecca Review
Movie Review: "What Do You Know? You're Nothing But a Child!"
Summary: 4 Stars
That's what crusty Adolphe Menjou snaps at Hayley Mills (Pollyanna), but even he is won over eventually by the indomitable orphan girl determined to bring the Glad Game to her new hometown. This town, like so many places really, is filled with unhappy people who have lost the ability to see that the life they've been given is full of blessings, that they have more to be glad of than they realize. Adolphe Menjou believes that everyone hates and fears him, Agnes Moorehead is a hypochondriac ruining her daughter's life, Karl Malden is a minister who can't preach anything but damnation, and Jane Wyman has stopped listening to her heart and only thinks of social status. These and others in the town are affected by Pollyanna's message of hope. Yet the biggest test of the Glad Game will be for Pollyanna herself, when she faces personal tragedy.This is one of Disney's Americana classics, the sort that Main Street USA in Disneyworld is based on. It's a funny, cheerful movie that is filled with workman like performances by many solid Hollywood performers, most of whom are bound to be familiar to any viewer who's owned a TV during the last couple of decades. Hayley Mills does give an exceptional performance for a girl of only 14, chock full of insight and charisma.
Watch "Pollyanna" with the little boys and girls in your life--you'll all be "glad" you did!
Movie Review: This is one film you must own!
Summary: 5 Stars
The DVD of this feature film is one you must own. Pollyanna is possibly Hayley Mills best performance as a child actor. This wonderful widescreen DVD features an audio commentary by Hayley Mills and director/screenwriter David Swift. This film was a labor of love for all involved. It shows in the final product.The script is wonderful because it does not make Pollyanna to sweet to be believable. Hayley's natural abilities make the film a treasure. Be sure to listen to the commentary and have a few laughs as Hayley talks about her talk with her Dad Sir John Mills. Especially humorous was her decision the day before shooting her first scene to give herself a little haircut.
I promise you will enjoy this film. Beautifully done!!