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Very Annie Mary
Metascore
33 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 10 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 10
  3. Negative: 4 out of 10
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  1. New Times (L.A.)
    Reviewed by: Gregory Weinkauf
    70
    As a whole it's vibrant, witty and richly detailed.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Edward Guthmann
    50
    Pryce is very good, but Very Annie Mary is a bit too eager to please.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Steve Simels
    50
    The cast is uniformly excellent -- Pryce in simultaneously utterly horrible and a real hoot as the wildly egomaniacal paterfamilias -- but the film itself is merely mildly charming.
  4. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    50
    Familiar but winningly funny and good-hearted.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Derek Elley
    50
    A half-klutzy, half-engaging eccentric comedy.
  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    40
    As it lurches between mush and farce, Very Annie Mary churns up a few genuinely funny bits.
  7. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    38
    Having mined England and Ireland dry, filmmakers are now turning to Wales for their quirkiness quota.
  8. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    38
    Strong contender for the weirdest movie released this year.
  9. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: John Powers
    10
    Annoyingly fourth-hand -- scraped from the shoes of "The Full Monty," mixed with Michael Caine's "Little Voice" hair-smarm and salted with "Billy Elliot's" dandruff.
  10. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jessica Winter
    10
    Leaks treacle from every pore.
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