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Very Annie Mary (2001)

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Reviews Counted:27

Fresh:8

Rotten:19

Average Rating:4.9/10

Consensus: An exercise in strained whimsy and saccharine sentiment.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Mar 29, 2002 Limited

Synopsis: The myth of the eccentric Englishman (or woman) is given a cinematic boost by the awkwardly hysterical VERY ANNIE MARY, a tale of a young Welsh woman's stumbling struggle to proclaim her... The myth of the eccentric Englishman (or woman) is given a cinematic boost by the awkwardly hysterical VERY ANNIE MARY, a tale of a young Welsh woman's stumbling struggle to proclaim her independence and strike out on her own. With an epic sweep reminiscent of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, VERY ANNIE MARY examines the bucolic and banal life of 33-year-old Annie Mary (Rachel Griffiths), a perpetually adolescent and tragically klutzy young woman, miserably under the thumb of her egomaniacal opera singing father (Jonathan Pryce). Since the death of her beloved and similarly opera-loving mother when she was a girl, Annie Mary clings to the memories of a childhood musical competition where she was awarded a scholarship to study opera singing in Milan (which her domineering father prevented her from accepting). Haunted by the specter of a future that could never be, Annie Mary mopes around, lost in hopeless dreams of living on her own and finding love. When her father is rendered helpless by a stroke, Annie Mary is forced to take her life into her own hands, which is when her inspired and overenthusiastic effort to reclaim her true self (and her singing voice) begins to send shock waves through her secluded Welsh village. [More]

Starring: Rachel Griffiths, Jonathan Pryce, Ioan Gruffudd, Joanna Page

Starring: Rachel Griffiths, Jonathan Pryce, Ioan Gruffudd, Joanna Page, Matthew Rhys, Ruth Madoc, Rhys Thomas

Director: Sara Sugarman

Director: Sara Sugarman
Screenwriter: Sara Sugarman
Producer: Graham Broadbent, Damian Jones
Composer: Stephen Warbeck
Studio: Empire Pictures

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12/15/03
Alexander Walker
Alexander Walker
This is London

Amateurish, ineptly written, poorly acted and crudely directed.

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12/15/03
Christopher Tookey
Christopher Tookey
Daily Mail [UK]
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If the predictability of bland comfort food appeals to you, then the film is a pleasant enough dish.

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06/15/02
Pam Grady
Pam Grady
Reel.com

A frustrating combination of strained humor and heavy-handed sentimentality.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
06/05/02
Ed Scheid
Ed Scheid
Boxoffice Magazine

So exaggerated and broad that it comes off as annoying rather than charming.

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05/29/02
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

The movie would seem less of a trifle if Ms. Sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
05/09/02
Tom Sime
Tom Sime
Dallas Morning News
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By the end, I was looking for something hard with which to bludgeon myself unconscious.

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05/03/02
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
San Francisco Examiner

A bit too eager to please.

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05/03/02
Edward Guthmann
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
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Beware the quirky Brit-com. They can and will turn on a dime from oddly humorous to tediously sentimental.

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05/02/02
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

Even Griffiths can't rescue this porridge of a picture.

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04/19/02
Arthur Lazere
Arthur Lazere
culturevulture.net

It is not the first time that director Sara Sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time she fails to provoke them.

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03/29/02
Jan Stuart
Jan Stuart
Newsday
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Odd and weird.

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03/29/02
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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Very Annie-Mary is familiar but winningly funny and good-hearted.

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03/29/02
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