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)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:12
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
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
US Box Office: $0
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... [More]
Starring: Aileen Quinn, Carol Burnett, Albert Finney, Bernadette Peters
Director: John Huston
Reviews for Annie
This charming musical based on the comic strip character Little Orphan Annie features many memorable songs and pleasant dance numbers.
04/16/07
Top CriticMany people said John Huston was an odd choice to direct Annie and he proves them right.
04/16/07
Top CriticThe 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
No review available.
07/04/05
No review available.
01/14/05
Serviceable version of the Broadway show. Burnett shines as Miss Hannigan.
12/12/04
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
Top CriticHuston's biggest misfire; ponderous and sluggish.
10/19/04
They don't build movies like this anymore.
08/30/04
Top Critic[O]verly long, uninspired, and frequently awful...
08/08/04
Annie is a happy--go lucky musical with a happy ending.
02/04/04
Whenever the kids are singing, you'll want to put their numbers on infinite loop.
01/13/04
No review available.
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
No review available.
08/22/03
However was this singularly tuneless show a hit in the first place?
05/24/03
Top CriticNo review available.
12/18/02
There's bad and then there's bad and then there's Annie
07/30/02
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