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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70New Times (L.A.)Gregory WeinkaufNew Times (L.A.)Gregory WeinkaufAs a whole it's vibrant, witty and richly detailed.
- 50Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasFamiliar but winningly funny and good-hearted.
- 50TV Guide MagazineSteve SimelsTV Guide MagazineSteve SimelsThe 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.
- 50VarietyDerek ElleyVarietyDerek ElleyA half-klutzy, half-engaging eccentric comedy.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannPryce is very good, but Very Annie Mary is a bit too eager to please.
- 40The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenAs it lurches between mush and farce, Very Annie Mary churns up a few genuinely funny bits.
- 38New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanHaving mined England and Ireland dry, filmmakers are now turning to Wales for their quirkiness quota.
- 38New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickStrong contender for the weirdest movie released this year.
- 10L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyAnnoyingly 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.
- 10Village VoiceJessica WinterVillage VoiceJessica WinterLeaks treacle from every pore.