Burning Annie

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Burning Annie

2004

1h 35m

Comedy

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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Max (Gary Lundy) becomes obsessed with his favorite movie, "Annie Hall," and has to get over it to keep his romantic relationship.

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Bilge Ebiri

New York Magazine/Vulture

A surprising little charmer, overcoming the rough edges of its low-budget origins with sharp writing and a genuinely sweet sensibility.

May 8, 2007

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Matt Zoller Seitz

New York Times

The Annie Hall homage Burning Annie is a thoroughly professional comedy, well paced, attractively photographed and smartly acted.

Feb 7, 2007

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V.A. Musetto

New York Post

Burning Annie has funny moments, but it suffers from an overflow of characters.

Rated: 2/4

Feb 7, 2007

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Bill Arceneaux

Film Threat

Burning Annie very much is a dissection and reworking of the arcs and lessons of Annie Hall, clever and introspective.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 11, 2017

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Maitland McDonagh

TV Guide

For all the shallowly witty banter, Max and company are even less interesting than Annie and Alvy.

Rated: 1.5/5

Feb 6, 2007

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Steve Rhodes

Internet Reviews

The movie has its moments of comedic brilliance -- just not quite enough of them.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 11, 2003

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This movie has an absorbing story, very likeable characters and actors who are engaging. Definitely a must see for those who remember being young...or who are??

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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If you're gonna reference <i>Annie Hall</i> throughout your movie, or even worse, claim that your main love interest is "the modern incarnation of Annie Hall" in your badly-written Netflix DVD sleeve synopsis, you better go balls-to-the-wall with that homage. I want a nightclub-singing, lobster-flinging, tennis racket-swinging ditz who wears ties and vests, dammit!!! I would rather think you copied <i>Annie Hall</i> than you co-opted a few of its philosophies because you think (erroneously) that they define you as a human being. The filmmakers seemed to have good intentions. They're young and fresh-faced and pretty decent actors for the most part. The script isn't even that bad, if they had just taken out the ham-handed attempt at Woody Allen worship. There are some funny, neurotic quips that fit into a nice, college rom-dramedy, but - and this may be ageist of me - these characters are too young/immature/inexperienced to "get" <i>Annie Hall</i>. I also couldn't get past the fact that the lead male looks just like Nick Jonas. And the Virginia Tech windshield decal. Weird.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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This one is a weak indie film. The acting is not stellar, but the romance between the lead characters is cute. It isn't the greatest or the worst that I have seen though I won't be recommending it to anyone.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Burning Annie is a boring, tasteless "comedy" that you should avoid.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Audience Member

Quirky comedy and a little bit sad but sill worth seeing if you're into that.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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This wasn't really all that good. I didn't HATE it but I didn't really like it that much. I like that part of it was real but the acting was bad.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Van Flesher

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Gary Lundy

Max

Sara Downing

Julie

Kim Murphy

Beth

Brian Klugman

Charles

Jay Paulson

Sam

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Synopsis

Max (Gary Lundy) becomes obsessed with his favorite movie, "Annie Hall," and has to get over it to keep his romantic relationship.

Director: Van Flesher
Producer: Echo Gaffney, Randy Mack
Screenwriter: Randy Mack, Zack Ordynans
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 12, 2017
Runtime: 1h 35m

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