Compelling!!! The actress who plays Annie was a good pick; I love that she had the same large brown eyes, pug flat nose, & big lips that the real Annie Sullivan had. Two things I'd change, though...the real-life Annie Sullivan was much shorter than the actress & the real Annie's hair was stick-straight rather than wavy like this actress's. The performances were great, esp. the actress who played Helen. Only thing on Helen's actress...the real Helen had blue-ish purple eyes & straight hair instead of the dark eyes & curly hair that the actress has here. The actress who played Kate was realistically depicted right through the coloring. They also left out several of the flashbacks that Annie experiences about her horrible childhood, but the flashback scenes that are shown were nice & vivid & the viewer can feel Annie's fear at each of these flashbacks. All in all, a fairly accurate representation of the play, as accurate as can be squashed onto a video.