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12/15/03
Very Annie Mary (2001)
30 %
Reviews Counted: 27 Fresh: 8 Rotten:19 Average Rating: 4.9/10
Consensus:
An exercise in strained whimsy and saccharine sentiment.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
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 independence and strike out on her own. With an epic sweep reminiscent of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, VERY ANNIE MARY... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Rachel Griffiths, Jonathan Pryce, Ioan Gruffudd, Joanna Page, Matthew Rhys
Director: Sara Sugarman
Screenwriter: Sara Sugarman
Producer: Graham Broadbent, Damian Jones
Composer: Stephen Warbeck
Screenwriter: Sara Sugarman
Producer: Graham Broadbent, Damian Jones
Composer: Stephen Warbeck
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Each person and event is so peculiar that as it goes on the warm humour begins to grate on our nerves.
12/10/01
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06/27/03
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07/27/02
If the predictability of bland comfort food appeals to you, then the film is a pleasant enough dish.
06/15/02
A frustrating combination of strained humor and heavy-handed sentimentality.
06/05/02
So exaggerated and broad that it comes off as annoying rather than charming.
05/29/02
The movie would seem less of a trifle if Ms. Sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine.
05/09/02
By the end, I was looking for something hard with which to bludgeon myself unconscious.
05/03/02
Beware the quirky Brit-com. They can and will turn on a dime from oddly humorous to tediously sentimental.
05/02/02
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.
03/29/02
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