The movie offers an insulting 'let them eat cake' gesture toward the 1982 audience, but the pacing is so ragged and the characters so lifeless that few will be able to stay awake long enough to feel offended.
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04/16/07
Annie (1982)
54 %
Reviews Counted: 24 Fresh: 13 Rotten:11 Average Rating: 4.9/10
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
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 (Albert Finney) into adopting her--but what she really wants is to find her real parents.... [More]
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Starring: Aileen Quinn, Carol Burnett, Albert Finney, Bernadette Peters, Tim Curry
Director: John Huston
Story: Harold Gray
Screenwriter: Thomas Meehan, Carol Sobieski
Composer: Ralph Burns, Charles Strouse
Producer: Ray Stark
Story: Harold Gray
Screenwriter: Thomas Meehan, Carol Sobieski
Composer: Ralph Burns, Charles Strouse
Producer: Ray Stark
Reviews
This charming musical based on the comic strip character Little Orphan Annie features many memorable songs and pleasant dance numbers.
04/16/07
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Many people said John Huston was an odd choice to direct Annie and he proves them right.
04/16/07
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The songs never take off into anything very much, the whole atmosphere (apart from the climax) is distinctly stagebound, and Huston merely reveals why he had never before in his long career been hired to make a musical.
06/24/06
It's like some kind of dumb toy that doesn't do anything or go anywhere, but it is fun to watch as it spins mindlessly around and around.
10/23/04
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Whenever the kids are singing, you'll want to put their numbers on infinite loop.
01/13/04
Most of the movie featured doe-eyed, orphaned girls either getting abused by a boozehound or doing manual labor
11/25/03
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