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Burning Annie (2004)

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A college student and aspiring radio personality finds his obsession with Woody Allen's Annie Hall may be hindering his love life in director Van Flesher's heartfelt tribute to the master of the neurotic comedy drama. Max is a college student whose love of Annie Hall is beginning to border on unhealthy. Though his friends are quick to point out the main hurdle preventing Max from connecting with the opposite sex, the obsessive cinephile himself is in a constant state of denial. When Julie, the

R, 1 hr. 35 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Comedy

Mar 20, 2007

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All Critics (7) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (5)

The Annie Hall homage Burning Annie is a thoroughly professional comedy, well paced, attractively photographed and smartly acted.

February 7, 2007 Comment
New York Times
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Burning Annie has funny moments, but it suffers from an overflow of characters.

February 7, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Post | Comment
New York Post
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Pic relies on nerdy world-weary irony to carry the day, but doesn't convincingly draw its characters.

February 6, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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Ordynans's exceptionally canny script nails how thoroughly pop culture has colonized our sentiments, and the necessity of those little emotional revolutions required to overthrow its reign.

February 6, 2007 Full Review Source: Village Voice | Comment
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For all the shallowly witty banter, Max and company are even less interesting than Annie and Alvy.

February 6, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
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Even with a look at many of these people's relationship problems, there's nothing remotely interesting to listen to when they talk.

July 29, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Threat | Comment
Film Threat

The movie has its moments of comedic brilliance -- just not quite enough of them.

March 11, 2003 Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Burning Annie

If you're gonna reference Annie Hall throughout your movie, or even worse, claim that your main love interest is "the modern incarnation of Annie Hall" in your badly-written Netflix DVD sleeve synopsis, you better go balls-to-the-wall with that homage. I want a nightclub-singing, lobster-flinging, tennis

May 29, 2011
aliceinpunderland

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This one is a weak indie film. The acting is not stellar, but the romance between the lead characters is cute. It isn't the greatest or the worst that I have seen though I won't be recommending it to anyone.

December 8, 2010
Hamee
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