Very Annie Mary
- 2001
- 1h 44m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
1.3K
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After her father suffers a stroke, his daughter is forced to take care of him.After her father suffers a stroke, his daughter is forced to take care of him.After her father suffers a stroke, his daughter is forced to take care of him.
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- 3 wins
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- TriviaThe last film role of Kenneth Griffth.
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Rachel Griffiths in Conversation (2012)
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Although billed as a musical comedy there's so much more to the second film from emerging writer/director Sara Sugarman.
Very Annie-Mary (M), now showing at The Regent Theatre in Te Awamutu, is not only packed with laughs but takes the audience on a roller coaster ride of human emotions. Inspiring feelings of amusement, hope and joy the film also has moments of utter clarity, deepest despair and complete regret - it's guaranteed to break your heart before restoring your faith in humanity. Thirty-year-old Annie-Mary, played by Six Foot Under star Rachel Griffiths, has never left her Ogw home in the Welsh valleys and is under the thumb of her father. The dizzy girl, who won a prestigious Welsh singing competition in her teens, still dresses as though she were 16, secretly smokes and cannot cook quite an irony as she works for her father. She secretly dreams of leaving home and setting up with her best friend, the terminally ill Bethan Bevan (Joanna Page), who is half her age, as well as marrying Colin Thomas (Rhys Miles Thomas), a candidate for the Baptist ministry and the only man in the valley under 60. When her music-loving father Jack Pugh (Jonathan Pryce) suffers a stroke during a charity recital Annie-Mary is forced to grow up and take on some responsibility the only problem is she has no idea about life in the real world, keeping her money in a piggy bank. She's so clumsy that she walks into doors. The film delivers a believable portrayal of life in a Welsh village, something a frequent visitor to Wales like me is qualified to say. Hornblower star Ioan Gruffudd goes back to his Welsh roots to make an appearance as gay confectioner Hob while former Hi-de-hi star Ruth Maddoc plays Pugh's love interest, Mrs Ifans. While the film contains some sex scenes, which are far from graphic, there is also a smattering of offensive language. This aside, Very Annie-Mary is one of those films that sees you leaving the cinema riding on a cloud. The music is just great too.
- Chris_Gardner
- May 28, 2003
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- Gross US & Canada
- $46,352
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,867
- Mar 31, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $396,090
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
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