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Very Annie Mary | Year: 2001 Classification: Comedy Directed: - Sara Sugarman Actors/Actresses: - Rachel Griffiths - Jonathan Pryce Are Welsh people this nutty? YES! I saw this film in the cinema on a visit home to Wales and couldn't wait for the dvd release. After a long wait I bought it on video in the UK and brought it back to the States. All of my British friends (and even some American ones)liked it but the Welsh ones love it. As crazy as the characters are, they are all recognizable. My favourites are Hinge, Minge and Bracket the village people wannabees. Wales is so overlooked and although I realize that this isn't going to do it many favours it will hopefully entertain. I wish that Sara Sugarman's short film "Valley Girls" was included as an extra on the dvd as that is 45 minutes of pure enjoyment. very wonderful! I love this movie! It's very funny but at the same time it's very sad. Also, you have to love a movie where the actors have beautiful welsh accents. I think it's a different movie from the ones you usually see, there are also a lot of great songs in it. And it doesn't hurt that the lovely Cerys Matthews from the former Catatonia appears in one scene. A very very good movie indeed! Need to know South Wales to fully appreciate.... This was a blast of nostalgia for me since I spent many childhood vacations in a Welsh coal mining valley. The Welsh are an underated nation. Their coarse and pithy humor rides on lilting voices that are interspersed with fat vowels and accentuated syllables. Their hearts are pure gold, hence one of the main plots of the story, a village pulls together to raise money to send a sick little girl on a trip to Disneyland. Unfortunately, the idea seems more a Holy Grail in their own minds, since little Bethan really has no desire to spend her last days in Mickey Mouse land. The other main plot, is the conflict between Annie Mary and her dad, an overbearing village baker who makes her life a misery, until he has a stroke and becomes a sad and helpless doll to be carelessly carted around by Annie. I should add at this point that I was amazed at Rachel Griffiths' command of the Welsh dialect. I didn't believe it was her until I checked the credits. Super eccentric performance with a believable accent... very impressive. The rest of the movie is one of those lovely quirky low key ramblings, full of odd characters and bizarre situations. If you know Wales, you will know the characters and will smile with affection. Not an oscar winner, but a sweet little view of a working class community in a beautiful land. Treat your jaded palate to something simple. Buy Very Annie Mary at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Very Annie Mary Search with the Priority Search Engine on Very Annie Mary This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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