Annie

It's a good movie.

Fab

we loved it joyful and delightful. Great for children. My kids are singing Maybe and Tomorrow in the shower

i remember seeing this film in the theatre when i was about 12 or 13. i feel in love with it!!! i see the other reviews that this version does not compare to the disney version, and more so on the play version. might i remind you that Annie was a comic strip, long before it was even though of as a play or even a movie. so i dont think that it is fair to compair this movie to the play or even to the disney version. i feel that it is simply a different version that hollywood put together. at that time when annie came out, musicals were fading fast!! the last big musical that was a box office smash before annie, was grease. but even though musicals were on the way to becomming "extinct". it was not really until evita that they started to be "revived". look at moulon rouge and chicago. the latter won a best picture oscar award among others. i feel that this movie fif a real good job on tellng the story of how annie meet daddy warbucks in a two hour or so movie. i feel they could have found a better girl to play annie, but we can't win them all. all and all she did the best that she could knowing that this is the first movie that she made. i bought this dvd movie a few months ago, and i dont think it sound really well on a good surround sound. I have done some research in recent monts to find that the new version will be cheese and scan. That is a major turn off when I am buying my DVDs. I will stick to this version, for it is, if not already out of print. Dont get this movie, this movie it very wide.

This movie is a blast to watch, for adults and kids alike. I have been looking for the widescreen version for some time, as the US release is a butchered pan-and-scan issue, which is a crime to do to a movie made with such intentionally cinematic scope. Carol Burnett's Mrs. Hannigan is truly a marvel to watch, with an impossible combination of the gonzo, over-the-top performance that was a hallmark of her halcyon days on the Carol Burnett Show, and a genuinely likeable meanie-with-a-heart. The other performances are universally appealing, and everyone in our family likes this version much better than the Disney retread issue with Kathy Bates & Co. If you're old enough (as am I to "get" the humorous references historical and political references, it makes the movie that much more fun to watch.

This review is for the widescreen Blu-ray version of Annie starring Albert Finney. I saw this movie back in June of 1982. It was made to be viewed in a theater. On a TV screen, it tends to look a bit overcrowded. I can't recall ever seeing a more active musical with literally a cast of thousands. And with the startling use of depth of field, you have way too much to look at in some of the more expansive sequences. The two stars (Finney & Quinn) are practically lost in the opulent circus/party scene with all the lights, a b-zillion people, a fountain, acrobats, fireworks, and an elephant! There is such a thing as too much. As for the music, a lot of my favorite songs were cut and replaced by lesser efforts. I've always thought the casting of Carol Burnett as Miss Hannigan was a bit strange. Albert Finney (Warbucks) was loud, Ann Reinking (Grace Farrell) perfect, Edward Herrmann dead on as Franklin D. Roosevelt. And then there's the redoubtable Geoffrey Holder as Punjab, also perfect. The biggest surprise for me was finding out that Shawnee Smith (The Blob, Becker, and Saw) was one of the orphans! As musicals go, this one is a sentimental favorite. Supposedly, there is a remake in the works.

I've loved this movie since I first saw it in the theater in 1982 as an 11 year old. The cast is perfect, the songs are wonderful, and the dancing is out of this world. What's best about this version is the widescreen option, which isn't available on the recently released 30th anniversary edition, for whatever reason. Although the widescreen tends to crop off the top of the actors' heads, I consider that an acceptable trade-off to being able to view almost the entire frame. I saw more of Ann Reinking in this version than I have since the original theatrical release! As a great Ann Reinking fan, this was a fabulous surprise! Even my two year old daughter was surprised to see so much more of "Grace" than in the anniversary edition, which we've been watching. I enjoy this version so much that I purchased it as a Christmas present for my niece. It's worth every penny.

My strongest recommendation: IGNORE critiques which pan this adorable production. Perhaps because this movie manages to be vastly entertaining without resorting to the talentless substitute for creativity we so often see in movies today, and uses humor, drama, a little pathos, capitalizes on the massively personable talents of its fabulous cast, includes many great musical performances, and finds no need to resort in desperation to filth or disgusting images, and even (woohoo!) respects normal standards of decency (rather than "pushing the limits," as panderers of the vile and disgusting like to call it); perhaps because it is simply wonderful, uplifting, warm, and satisfying entertainment, it doesn't meet the ugliness standards of the more "enlightened." Forget them. Buy this wonderful movie and enjoy it over and over again.

Película irrepetible. Estado perfecto. Embalaje perfecto. Ninguna pega.

Très bon film avec de très grands moyens, de quoi passer un très bon moment

子供の英語教材にしました、大人が見ても面白い、英語でも日本語でも作品自体が面白いので何回も見れます、簡単なセンテンスは子供も私も丸暗記しました、字幕もあるのでとても勉強になった、そして改めてアニーは面白いです！

Nel titolo dell inserzione tra parentesi c è scritto ita che las ia intendere che sia anche in lingua italiana ma alla fine è solo in inglese neanche i sottotitoli sono in italiano!!! venditore scorretto!!! Purtroppo già aperto e penso che non potrò fare il reso!!! TRUFFA!!!

A wonderful musical, very heartwarming. Filmed in 1981 but still relevant in these times. Excellent cast: Albert Finney as Daddy Warbucks, Carol Burnett excellent as Miss Hanigan who runs the orphanage, Ann Reinking sparkling as Warbuck's assistant, Tim Curry and Bernadette Peters as couple impersonating Annie's parents. Aileen Dunn plays Annie and does an excellent job singing and dancing. Edward Herrman plays FDR a close friend of Warbucks and Geoffrey Holder (James Bond) plays a small but significant role as a sort of mystic. Annie is in an orphanage and Burnett runs the orphanage with an iron hand. Great sequence with Annie and the orphans singing it's a hard luck knock. She is able to escape with the help of a man picking up laundry. She finds a loveable dog called Sandy and brings him to the orphanage. Reinking goes to the orphanage and wants one of the girls to take back for 1 week. Reinking is excellent singing and dancing. Finney warms up to Annie and wants to keep her as a ward. He goes to the orphanage and gets Burnett to sign a document. Meanwhile looking for Annie's parents, Burnett has half of a bracelet belonging to her mother. Curry and Peters play Annie's parents in return for $50.000 reward. Dunn does an excellent job singing Tomorrow. The couple take Annie away and in hot pursuit are Finney, Reinking and in a helicopter Holder, exciting sequence on a lifted bridge. Great musical, wonderful choreography and music, they don't make musicals like this any more. Also some extras, highly recommended and an excellent film to enjoy.