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.
50
VarietyDerek Elley
VarietyDerek Elley
A half-klutzy, half-engaging eccentric comedy.
50
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
Pryce is very good, but Very Annie Mary is a bit too eager to please.
40
The New York TimesStephen Holden
The New York TimesStephen Holden
As it lurches between mush and farce, Very Annie Mary churns up a few genuinely funny bits.
38
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Having mined England and Ireland dry, filmmakers are now turning to Wales for their quirkiness quota.
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
New York PostLou Lumenick
Strong contender for the weirdest movie released this year.
10
L.A. Weekly
L.A. Weekly
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.