A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story

Not knowing much about Margaret Mitchell except how she died, but knowing GWTW inside and out from reading it at least 5 times, this movie was a treat. I can't say how accurate it is - i.e. how much of this movie is based on fact and how much is "interpreted", but it is interesting to see where some of the characters in GWTW might have come from. And I didn't even know who the actress was that played MM until I came to see the stats on it here - imagine my surprise to see it was Shannon Doherty. I thought she did an excellent job - the Southern accent was decent too. Well, I guess I must like this movie because I'm in that over 45 grouping - and not biased against Ms. Doherty.

Although this was not the best movie I've ever seen, I did enjoy it and would watch it again. It takes open-minded people to appreciate child actors, such as Shannen Dougherty, as they assume adult roles and grow into maturity.

It was very intriguing to compare Margaret Mitchell's life to that of Scarlett O'Hara. It would be very difficult to make Margaret's life more entertaining than Scarlett's. I appreciated the reality of this movie.