Simone's relationship with her aunt is creepy. And as a professional educator, I have lots of issues with the intimate teacher-student relationship. Annabelle boarders on stalking Simone. As an educator, Simone should have ended the relationship. My issue isn't about the lesbian relationship or the age difference (my husband is 22 years older than me). It's about the power balance of trust and responsibility educators share. Any media that encourages such a relationship will get a poor review from me.

i liked the alternate ending..and i wish it could be true...a nicely acted characters made it a real touchy story..i saw it several time minutely repeating each of its scenes..a perfect one. the director has a great sense of judgment power and hence the result is the 'Loving Annabelle'. after the world unseen by shamim sarif this appears to be a great watch...and yes this movie is a great support to the statement that 'LOVE can happen to any one with any one' what matters is the intensity for love...i just loved Simone Bradley perfections....she is awesome with the title girl...Erin Kelly...much they have talked about but everything was in their eyes..the attraction.passion and madness they created is just mind blowing.i think the director can go with the next part of the same movie as it leaves clues with it and do believe again it will click.

Annabelle (Erin Kelly) is a rebellious free spirit sent to a strict Catholic high school by her parents. Among her other unorthodoxies, she's a lesbian. So is her poetry teacher (Diane Gaidry) who is trying to live a normal life with a normal boyfriend with whom she sleeps, but she gets nothing out of the relationship.There are some admirable things about the film. For one thing, neither of the two principals is a hottie, which is perfectly fine. Kelly is attractive, as most high-school-age girls tend to be; Gaidry is quite beautiful at around the age of forty. But neither looks remotely like a sexual machine. Neither is Denise Richards bursting out of a tiny swim suit, or the collagenic Angelina Jolie. They both look rather average.The story and dialog are, if not sophisticated, at least not dumbed down for an audience of air heads. It's an adult picture. There are not only quotations from Rilke and Proust but the lines play a meaningful part in the plot.And there are a few neatly done directorial touches, by Katherine Brooks. Gaidry has been seeing this rather nice guy for whom she feels little. But after she has begun to succumb to Kelly's overtures, she distances herself from her boy friend. And when he drives her home after their last date, he kisses her as usual but she responds perfunctorily. Instead of acting shocked, the surprised guy (Markus Flanagan) leans back against the car door and stares at her silently, wearing a vague smile, while seconds of silence tick by. The temptation must have been there for Flanagan to immediately start waving his arms and carrying on like some animal in a zoo after that desultory kiss, but it doesn't happen. All men are not brutes.Kevin McCarthy is the sympathetic priest but he's marginal to the developments. Two characters in the story are devalued by the script. One of the girls squeals on Kelly and Gaidry when the two are having their first and only physical encounter. And Mother Immaculata (Ilene Graff) is stern and unforgiving. She's supposed to be tough -- always wearing a scowl and with an unbecoming do -- but she's a cream puff compared to the nuns I had to cope with in my youth. Whew.If there's a problem, and there is, it's that neither of the leads can act very well. Kelly is taciturn and unconvincing except when having a fit of pique. Gaidry is better at nuance, but she really has only two expressions: slightly concerned and profoundly worried.There have been good movies, and some very good, about lesbian affairs, latent or overt. "Madchen in Uniform" remains one of the best and most subtle. More recently, "Desert Hearts" captured the complexity of such affairs without resort to gossipy school girls. "Notes on a Scandal" was poignant because it so effectively projected Judi Dench's desperation at having grown matronly. "The Children's Hour" is more of a schematic diagram than a feature movie.

WOW!!! Where do i start??..... I only discovered this film a couple of weeks ago, and frankly i'm kicking myself for not finding it years ago!!! This film is absolutely amazing and because of it, my life has become so much easier. Loving Annabelle has inspired me to come out, it has inspired me so much so that i'm left thinking, why the hell was I so worried about everyone knowing i'm a lesbian. I feel like a have started a new chapter in my life, i can just be me now. A huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders and i feel like i'm ready to take on the world!!! Katherine Brooks is amazing for creating such an outstanding film, she has really been able to connect with the audience, connect with something in me and i am just so grateful to her.Watching Loving Annabelle, i was constantly glued to the screen, allot of films out there i often find myself thinking 'oh my gosh, can i fast forward, this is really boring' but not this time. Instead i was left wanting more i just didn't want it to end, i had to go back and watch it again and again!! I loved everything about this film, from the set locations, to the props!! The Actors were just mind blowing. I felt i could connect to all the characters, it's unbelievable!!I just can't speak highly enough about this film!!! Katherine you have done an AMAZING job!!! I will defiantly be recommending 'Loving Annabelle' to all my friends, Gay or strait!!!