Annie (DVD)

...wakes the other girls as Annie mothers the little one. The noises the girls make by complaining; wakes up Miss Hannigan and causes her to come into the room at the crack of dawn. The children chorus ‘we love you Miss Hannigan’; Miss Hannigan who does look very much worse for wear from too much of her home made alcohol, shouts for the girls to get to work, and so their day starts with cleaning and scrubbing. Annie manages to hide away in the dirty ...
...tail (the poor thing). Annie seeing the dog takes on the boys putting her little fists out in front of her, she looks so cute and can swing a good right hook; anyway, the crunch of it is she frightens off the boys and saves the dog, who then becomes her constant companion and follows her on her way through the streets, even managing to convince the dog catcher that it is her dog. It was whilst she was convincing the dog catcher our not so friendly ...

arnoldhenryrufus 09.07.2007 · Read full review
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Annie – Fit for Viewing by Persons Generally Excruciating, is one word which comes to mind, when thinking of how to sum up Annie the Musical. Raucous, grating and harsh, could describe the songs. Contrived, implausible and sudsy, the plot. However, I’ve watched this DVD probably getting on for 100 times as it is a firm favourite with my daughter, who is 3, which just goes to prove that genetics don’t always work. I saw Annie the musical as a stage ...
...decides that a DVD of Annie the Musical will be an ideal present for my daughter – since I was such a fan myself! My instinct is to inwardly groan – although I can’t really remember the story at all, there is something about small red-haired American brats that does not call out to me “quality movie”. I remove the cellophane packaging with a heavy heart. There are two possible outcomes – either my daughter will love it, and we will watch it endlessly ...

Tricksty 25.07.2009 · Read full review
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...(in brief) the plot: Annie lives in a grotty orphanage run by the drunken Miss Hannigan, and spends much of her time dreaming of the day when her parents - who left her there as a baby some ten years before - will return to claim her and take her home. One day, a short-tempered millionaire called Oliver Warbucks decides he wants an orphan to stay with him for a week, as a P.R. stunt. Annie is chosen. Her cheeky character causes him to become fond ...
...insists that she will find her real parents one day. Warbucks tries to help, but succeeds only in attracting crooks who want the reward money. Of course, it all ends with a happy-ever-after! The sheer energy put in by the actors - especially the children - makes this film fun to watch, although it is very old-fashioned and quite obviously derived from a stage musical. The songs come thick and fast, with just enough dialogue and action to link them ...

sgjenning 20.09.2006 · Read full review
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