Lorna Doone (2014 animated film)

Lorna Doone is a 2011 animated made-for-television romantic crime drama film directed, co-produced and co-written by Garrett Fredrickson. The film is an adaptation and modernized retelling of the novel of the same name by R.D. Blackmore. It stars Freddie Highmore as John Ridd, a young adult who has sworn to one day get his revenge on the Doone family for murdering his father, but he ends up falling in love with Lorna Doone (Alyson Stoner), and he ends up getting into a love triangle between his archrival, a man named Carver (Juan Chioran), who is heavily associated with the Doone family.

Release
Lorna Doone first premiered in the United Kingdom on ITV on May 27, 2011 and it later aired in the United States on June 10, 2011 followed by a DVD release from Warner Home Video on June 14.

Reception
The film's broadcast on Showtime drew in approximately 2.4 million viewers, one of the highest for an animated television movie.

Lorna Doone recieved positive reviews from critics, currently scoring a 76% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 47 reviews, however, fans of the original novel had more mixed reactions to the film due to it's drastic changes from the source material, including it's modernized setting.