This was a disappointment. I finished binging the series before I watched this, and thought the series was very good, but everything that was good about it was lost in the movie. The series told stories through bite sized relationships, we discovered what Anne’s world was like by her relationships not by long expositions or the gratuitous sex that was the mainstay of the film. In it, the character of Lou, was a cardboard vehicle for political and moralistic statements. There was never the connection Anne had between them that was had with the other characters in the series. The story had no arc or purpose and the ending didn’t leave Anne any further ahead than before (ironically, everything the editors said about Anne’s first draft of her book was true about the film). They destroyed the beauty of Ann’e relationship with Sara in an effort to create drama and belied the essence of the character of Sara. All the other characters and actors were present but given no development or fullness. They were all hollowed out. I give the film a 4 (disappointing) out of 10. [Drama].