Review of Annie (1982) by Brad S — 28 Aug 2015
There is a difference between a newspaper comic strip, a comic book series, a novel, a television series and film. There really is no way to jam years and years of great stories into 90 minutes or two hours.
A great film can only give a sense of that. A bad film leaves a sour taste for a character. John Huston is certainly an odd choice for directing the musical version of the newspaper strip Annie. John Huston is best associated with John Wayne or Humphrey Bogart and epic, serious films.
Not so much musical comedy. All the characters are over the top cartoonish caricatures. Carol Burnett steals the show as the vile Miss Hannigan. Miss Hannigan's only redeeming quality is that she's not that bright.
The film should spark an interest in Annie, and maybe drive viewers to follow her four-color adventures. When the strip was cancelled in 2010, only 20 papers still carried her exploits. The strip ended on a cliffhanger, and it took another strip character, Dick Tracy, to rescue her from obscurity.
What a shame. Annie may have been the Harry Potter of her time.
This review of Annie (1982) was written by Brad S on 28 Aug 2015.
Annie has generally received mixed reviews.
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