Movie Reviews for Very Annie Mary

Very Annie Mary

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Movie Review: GRIFFITHS SHINES
Summary: 4 Stars

A DELIGHTFUL MOVIE, STARTING WITH THE OPENING SEQUENCE OF THE OPERA FROM THE TRUCK....HIGHLY RECOMMEND

Movie Review: Need to know South Wales to fully appreciate....
Summary: 3 Stars

This was a blast of nostalgia for me since I spent many childhood vacations in a Welsh coal mining valley. The Welsh are an underated nation. Their coarse and pithy humor rides on lilting voices that are interspersed with fat vowels and accentuated syllables. Their hearts are pure gold, hence one of the main plots of the story, a village pulls together to raise money to send a sick little girl on a trip to Disneyland. Unfortunately, the idea seems more a Holy Grail in their own minds, since little Bethan really has no desire to spend her last days in the arms of Mickey Mouse. The concurrent plot, is the conflict between Annie Mary and her dad. He is a dour and overbearing village baker who makes her life a misery, until he has a stroke and becomes a sad and helpless doll to be carelessly carted around by Annie. I should add at this point that I was amazed at Rachel Griffiths' command of the Welsh dialect. I didn't believe it was her until I checked the credits. Super eccentric performance with a believable accent... very impressive. The rest of the movie is one of those lovely quirky low key ramblings, full of odd characters and bizarre situations. If you know Wales, you will know the characters and will smile with affection. Not an oscar winner, but a sweet little view of a working class community in a beautiful land. Treat your jaded palate to something simple.

Movie Review: weird, but endearing
Summary: 3 Stars

Very Annie Mary is definitely one of the weirdest films I've seen and has some of the weirdest characters, including Annie Mary in the major role, but at the same time it certainly has its appeal and leaves a strong impression. Makes you laugh, makes you cry, makes you wonder. The story sounds simple when reading the summary, but you have to watch the story to see what can lie behind "simple" things. Like Annie Mary seems simple, simply simple-minded with not much to say or to think or to feel - but it's only the surface. You can see that Annie Mary has her own dreams, feelings, desires and is willing to fight for them, even if she does not / cannot do it like "normal" people do.
Rachel Griffith was great in this role, evoking all kinds of cathartic emotions: compassion, pity, liking, strong dislike sometimes and respect.

Sometimes I still don't know what to think of this film, but I certainly won't forget it in a long time to come.

Movie Review: Very Welsh Quirky with a terrific cast to pull it off!
Summary: 3 Stars

This is one charming if not extremely oddly refreshing 100 minutes.The story and it's characters are totally implausible, but the overly-talented cast of Ionn Gruffudd,Rachel Griffiths,Jonathan Pryce and others really shine as they always do.There are laughs and there are tears,and there is stunning cinematography of South Wales;but the storyline is just too bizarre for it's own good.Alot of belief has to be suspended in order to savour this 'Very Welsh Quirky".I think maybe 3-1/2 *s is most appropriate.Still,one viewing is worth the time. Companion films
to VERY ANNIE MARY would be BIG EDEN and STATE AND MAIN.