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In general, “Annie” is a good show to watch. There is a lot of activity, as well as color, dance, and music, as well as noise and fury. I guess the only way to really enjoy the movie is to just ignore the particulars and pretend they aren’t there, because in the particular, it has a lot of different problems. However, I will touch on a few specifics for your information.
The first is the actual plot of the story, which describes how Little Orphan Annie is saved from a heartless orphanage by a wealthy man who wants to “Rent-An-Orphan” for the holidays. It is said that this is a story that can be told anywhere. Some reviewers have stated that it is impossible not to support Annie as she bravely confronts the harsh reality of the world around her. However, I didn’t find myself cheering very often because Annie didn’t appear to need it; as portrayed by the headstrong young Aileen Quinn, she is the kind of child who causes adults to run for the hills.
It’s also hard to justify the things she puts herself through like the adventures she goes on. Even though I’ve never considered “Oliver!” to be a particularly realistic musical, there was a grain of truth in the line “Please, sir, more food?” spoken by the musical’s young protagonist. The musical “Annie” has been completely immersed in pure fantasy, in the mindless sort of musical boosterism that plays big for Broadway theater parties but almost always translates to the movie screen as sheer contrivance. This has been done in order to appeal to a wider audience. There is no central theme or message in “Annie.” It covers a wide range of topics, such as inhumane orphanages, the Great Depression, con artists with shady motivations, heartless billionaires, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but it isn’t really about any of those things. It is not even really about whether Annie will survive her encounters with them because the book of this musical is so rigorously machine-made and so relentlessly formulaic. In fact, it is one of those movies in which you can amaze your friends by leaving the auditorium, standing blindfolded in the lobby, and correctly predicting the outcome.
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Despite this, I found the movie to be entertaining. I really liked how animated the screen was, how lavish the production numbers were, and how many of the actors brought a sense of humor to their roles, particularly Albert Finney as Daddy Warbucks and Carol Burnett as the evil orphanage supervisor Miss Hannigan. The more I got to know Aileen Quinn, the more I liked her. It would be inaccurate to say that she convincingly portrays a child, at least not the kind of believable flesh-and-blood kid that Henry Thomas brings to life in “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.” However, Quinn possesses talent, as evidenced by the fact that he can dance well and sing passably, and he does not appear to be an overtrained puppet in the same vein as, for example, Ricky Schroder. It seems more likely that she is the type of young person who will grow out of this acting phase and eventually become president of the student body.
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Albert Finney occupies whatever core there is to the movie, if there even is one. He is tasked with playing the role of Daddy Warbucks, a rich man who is egotistical and arrogant and who has everything in the world except love. He must discover what it means to love through the actions of a young girl. This is a thankless task. This is the kind of part that actors will kill over — to keep from having to play it. Albert Finney possesses the genuine grit of the role. He played Scrooge in the 1970 production of “A Christmas Carol,” which is when he first went through this change in personality. This time, he is successful despite his understated performance. In the beginning, he is not overly detached, and in the latter stages of the story, he is not overly sentimental. He is somewhat removed from the situation. Annie may be successful in winning his love, but she will still need to call and schedule an appointment.
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Will it be entertaining for young audiences? I can’t say that I have any idea. When I was a kid, I wasn’t particularly interested in watching movies about other kids, possibly because I felt envious of them (why does that kid get to ride a horse in the Derby?). The film was marketed as a family-friendly musical, but was it ever truly a family musical, not even when it was performed on stage? I dunno. I believe it was more of a product, a clever concoction of nostalgia, hard-sell sentiment, small children, and cute dogs. I think it was more of a product than anything else. The movie contains the same assortment of elements as before. It is like some kind of useless toy that doesn’t do anything and doesn’t go anywhere, but it is entertaining to watch as it spins around and around without doing anything useful or interesting.
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