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Annie (1982)

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Reviews Counted:16

Fresh:3

Rotten:13

Average Rating:1.8/10

Consensus: John Huston proves an odd choice to direct, miring Annie in a sluggish, stagebound mess of an adaptation, but the kids are cute and the songs are memorable.

Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Synopsis: A red-haired mop-top orphan (Aileen Quinn), yearning to break out of her dreary life in an orphanage run by an iron-fisted, boozy matron (Carol Burnett), charms billionaire Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks... A red-haired mop-top orphan (Aileen Quinn), yearning to break out of her dreary life in an orphanage run by an iron-fisted, boozy matron (Carol Burnett), charms billionaire Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks (Albert Finney) into adopting her--but what she really wants is to find her real parents. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Original Score. [More]

Starring: Aileen Quinn, Carol Burnett, Albert Finney, Bernadette Peters

Starring: Aileen Quinn, Carol Burnett, Albert Finney, Bernadette Peters, Tim Curry, Ann Reinking, Geoffrey Holder, Edward Herrmann

Director: John Huston

Director: John Huston
Story: Harold Gray
Screenwriter: Thomas Meehan, Carol Sobieski
Composer: Ralph Burns, Charles Strouse
Producer: Ray Stark

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Now, full screen is reprehensible enough on regular movies--but on a musical? With big dance numbers? It's downright ludicrous.

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Annie comes off with an unrelentingly upbeat sparkle as well as a sometimes dazzling visual style.

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