Overview
The story of Henry, a stand-up comedian with a fierce sense of humour and Ann, a singer of international renown. In the spotlight, they are the perfect couple, healthy, happy, and glamourous. The birth of their first child, Annette, a mysterious girl with an exceptional destiny, will change their lives.
At this point in my “career” I have reviewed almost 1100 films. I look high and low for good movies. I appreciate it when someone takes a chance and makes something that is unlike others that came before it. I was ready for this movie.
If I had to summarize what is wrong with this movie in a sentence I would say that other than the curiosity of seeing two great actors in a musical there is absolutely nothing compelling about the movie. It’s (barely) a musical but there is nothing about the music that you’ll remember after the movie ends. If anything it was more of a distraction – Driver wasn’t given anything of substance to sing until the end of the movie. Cotillard can obviously sing but it wasn’t pleasant to watch her do it in this film. So when you couple a story that’s been done a lot with some really mediocre music you end up something that was new yet not very good. I think there was a better movie in there – it may have worked better as a dark comedy.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Annette
Movie title: Annette
Movie description: The story of Henry, a stand-up comedian with a fierce sense of humour and Ann, a singer of international renown. In the spotlight, they are the perfect couple, healthy, happy, and glamourous. The birth of their first child, Annette, a mysterious girl with an exceptional destiny, will change their lives.
Date published: 2021-08-21
Director(s): Leos Carax
Actor(s): Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg, Devyn McDowell, Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Natalie Mendoza, Kiko Mizuhara, Tyler Matteo, Rebecca Dyson-Smith, Kevin van Doorslaer, Verona Verbakel, Kanji Furutachi, Rila Fukushima, Dominique Dauwe, Elke Shari Van Den Broeck, Angèle, Wim Opbrouck, Leos Carax, Philippe Beyls
Genre: Drama, Romance, Music
My Review
At this point in my “career” I have reviewed almost 1100 films. I look high and low for good movies. I appreciate it when someone takes a chance and makes something that is unlike others that came before it. I was ready for this movie.
If I had to summarize what is wrong with this movie in a sentence I would say that other than the curiosity of seeing two great actors in a musical there is absolutely nothing compelling about the movie. It’s (barely) a musical but there is nothing about the music that you’ll remember after the movie ends. If anything it was more of a distraction – Driver wasn’t given anything of substance to sing until the end of the movie. Cotillard can obviously sing but it wasn’t pleasant to watch her do it in this film. So when you couple a story that’s been done a lot with some really mediocre music you end up something that was new yet not very good. I think there was a better movie in there – it may have worked better as a dark comedy.
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