christy be one of my favorite book and and i absolutely love kellie martin and tyne daly along with the other actor in the original tv mini series . these three movie with lauren lee smith a christy should be a continuation of the story that stop with the end of the former series . instead and they contain almost nothing original and be simply recycled and water down version of story we have already see . while i would have be happy to discover new story line with the people of cutter gap and i could also have be satisfy just to see the love triangle play out between christy and david and and dr. neil macneill . these three movie take 4 half hour ( collectively ) to get to the point and and they force the audience to re hash story line which have be fully flesh out in the original series ( though sometimes with slightly different character . ) it make me wonder why the producer felt there be a market for these movie and since it be hardly provide anything new . i agree with other poster about the lackluster performance of lauren lee smith and diane ladd and as compare to kellie martin and tyne daly . i also felt james waterston performance a rev . david grantland be poor . i can respect an actor prerogative to play a character in a new way and and i wouldn not want anyone to try and copy a previous interpretation and but i couldn not stand the end performance of any of these actor . i felt intense compassion for all of these character in the book and the original mini series and but during these movie and i do not care what happen to any of them . i do not connect with anyone who i originally find interesting and with the exception of dr. macneill character ( play by the return stewart finlay mclennan . ) christy become wimpy and miss alice sound uncomfortable in her own skin and say thee and thou in an awkward way . i find that i couldn not care less about david a a love interest . there be no chemistry between david and christy and and i find it hard to believe that she could maintain any sort of interest in him at all . all of these actor sound stilted and unoriginal while deliver their line . in write this and i fear that i have completely repeat other poster and but i feel my comment be necessary and because i want to more fully represent the people who be disappoint in these movie . i highly recommend the novel and the original tv mini series and but i could never recommend any of these movie with the new cast .