Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Neil Welch The stage show of which this based relatively closely on the real-life story of Annie Oakley, teenage sharpshooter who joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West show and married resident sharpshooter Frank Butler, a marriage which lasted 50 years.This film was ill-fated in production - Judy Garland filmed 2 of the musical numbers before being dropped because of illness. Another number was scrapped when Frank Morgan died, and a further number was also dropped after filming.Howard Keel in an early role sings beautifully as Frank Butler but doesn't always convince as the character. Betty Hutton as Annie - well, what can I say?What I can say is that Annie is played in two ways, Before and After. In After, her rough edges have been rubbed off and her performance and singing are attractive and graceful. Before is broad comedy. And when I say broad, I mean massively, embarrassingly over the top, It is a performance which would work on stage, when presented directly to a live audience but, when presented to a camera and leering out of the cinema or TV screen, it is excruciating.When coupled with a crop of songs which are less than classic Irving Berlin, this musical is entertaining enough, but far from a classic.

Jackson Booth-Millard I had seen the DVD cover for this western themed musical movie so many times, and it was annoying me that I still hadn't watched it, so I'm glad I finally got the opportunity to do so, directed by George Sidney (Anchors Aweigh, Show Boat, Kiss Me Kate). Based on the stage musical of the same name, with the story being loosely based on the true story of famous American sharpshooter Annie Oakley. Basically Annie Oakley (Betty Hutton) started out as a trapper, with no school education and unable to read, then her talent for shooting is spotted. A bet is put on that Annie can beat marksman Frank Butler (Calamity Jane's Howard Keel, in his first film) in a shooting match, and she succeeds. Colonel William 'Buffalo Bill' Cody (Louis Calhern) believes that Annie and Frank working together could create a buzz of business for his travelling circus, and rival travelling circus businessman Pawnee Bill (Edward Arnold), in the process Annie sheds her original dirty image and becomes a beauty. Annie and Frank bring success to the circus business, and they become very close to each other, although they also have an awkward relationship, trying to outdo each other, to the point when Frank leaves for some time. Annie continues her success, and also forms a friendship with Chief Sitting Bull (J. Carrol Naish), adopting her as part of his tribe, as an Indian, he becomes an ally to Buffalo Bill when going against Pawnee Bill as well. Annie discovers Frank is coming back to an area that her act is touring, they are pleased to see each other, but the awkwardness between reignites as well, to the point when they want to have another shooting match. In the end, Annie decides that the only way to win Frank back, and for the two circus businesses to merge, is to let him win, but Frank realises her feelings for her, and that they will be successful together, so everyone joins forces and everyone gets a happy ending. Also starring Keenan Wynn as Charlie Davenport, Benay Venuta as Dolly Tate and Clinton Sundberg as Foster Wilson. Originally the leading role was intended for Judy Garland, but due to illness she pulled out (she probably wouldn't have suited anyway), Hutton is perfectly cast as Annie Oakley, who turns from dirty backwoods bird into glamorous shooting star, and Keel is equally fantastic as the fellow gunman who falls for her rough charms, they make a perfect duo, both bickering and falling for each other. This film has a fantastically funny and adorable script, great characters, colourful costumes, and brilliantly catchy songs you can sing along to, including "Doin' What Comes Naturally", "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun", the most recognised "There's No Business Like Show Business" and the hilarious "Anything You Can Do", I highly recommend this brilliant musical Western comedy. It won the Oscar for Best Music for Adolph Deutsch and Roger Edens, and it was nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration and Best Film Editing. Outstanding!

bobtaurus Please understand that I generally *like* movie musicals, especially those of Broadway shows. But AGYG is the worst movie musical of a Broadway show I've ever seen.I'll start with the positives: Some (though not all) fine, memorable songs, such as "There's No Business Like Show Business," and some really wonderful costumes (and I'm not one to notice costumes!). But, my goodness, Betty Hutton delivered the most over-the-top performance I I've ever seen, not just in musical, but EVER! I mean that in the worst way possible.I understand her character, Annie Oakley, is supposed to be bigger than life, but Hutton's portrayal is bigger than Mount Everest. Again, I mean that in the worst way possible. I cannot imagine what the director had in mind by directing/allowing her to speak and move in a film as if she were playing to the back row of Radio City Music Hall. She even overacts when she sings, time and again emphatically straightening her bent arms to indicate her enthusiasm.This was a movie I tolerated rather than enjoyed.

Spikeopath Out of MGM, Annie Get Your Gun is primarily directed by George Sidney and adapted for the screen by Sidney Sheldon from the book written by Dorothy & Herbert Fields. It stars Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Benay Venuta, Louis Calhern & J. Carrol Naish. Music is by Irving Berlin and photography is by Charles Rosher. It is a Technicolor production. It's loosely based on the life of sharpshooting Annie Oakley and this film production comes after the immense success of the stage play that began its run in 1946. Plot sees Hutton as Annie Oakley, a simple backwoods kinda girl, who after beating famed sharpshooter Frank Butler (Keel) in a contest, goes on to be world famous. But with fame comes tribulations, not least is that she has a thing for Frank.Ebullient and colorful musical that asks you to leave history at the door and just enjoy the ride. The film famously had a troubled production, Judy Garland (Annie) had to leave due to ill health, Frank Morgan (Buffalo Bill) passed away and George Sidney was the third director to work on the film after Busby Berkeley and Charles Walters had left the lot. Even after the new cast and team reconvened there was bad feeling on set, with most of it aimed towards Hutton purely because she had replaced Garland. Post the film's major success, a dispute between MGM and Irving Berlin meant the film was pulled from circulation in 1973 and wasn't seen again till 2000. Thankfully since then a whole new era of musical fans can now enjoy, along with the older supporters, this marvellous piece of entertainment. With show stopping tunes like "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly", "You Can't Get a Man With a Gun", "There's No Business Like Show Business" and "Anything you Can Do" bursting out from the screen like rays of sunshine, it's film to light up the darkest of days when you're feeling blue. Oh and for the record, Hutton is an absolute delight, attacking the lead role with a zest that belies the bad time she was getting off camera. Great comic timing, too. 8/10