Loving Annabelle
by Katherine Brooks
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Actor: Diane Gaidry, Erin Kelly (III), Greg Joelson, Jennie Floyd, Laura BreckenridgeDirector: Katherine Brooks
Brand: WOLFE VIDEO
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 79 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-12-12
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Wolfe Video
DVD Reviews of Loving Annabelle
DVD Review: Not loving this film
Summary: 2 Stars
Incredibly contrived and sadly lacking in chemistry, this film is a thin refashioning of "Girl, Interrupted." The premise is a winner under any circumstance--misunderstood youth falls in love with authority figure, who after wrestling with her feelings and against all odds returns the sentiment. The story is unbelievable, namely that the underacted and precocious Annabelle doesn't even demonstrate half of the feeling or depth we are supposed to also have for this tumultuous romance. DVD Review: LovingAnnabelle
Summary: 5 Stars
Regardless if you are gay or straight, you will get hooked on watching Loving Annabelle over and over again. This movie reveals the undeniable connection between the characters of Simone and Annabelle. With the fact that Simone is a teacher who is struggling with her past and sexuality and Annabelle is the strong willed, persistent student, director Kathrine Brooks, does a good job exploring this relationship. The chemistry between the two actresses are very believable throughout the movie along with other characters you loved to hate. The ending leaves you wanting more...some may not like it but I believe it leaves the story open for your own imagination.
Loving Annabelle is worth buying and watching!
DVD Review: A Classic!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a connoiseur of film and I have to put this one on the top of my list. It took me 3-4 viewings to grasp the intricacies of the writer/director's attempt. The characters happen to be 2 women who love each other, but the film is about the power to set another soul free. Look closely at Simone Bradley's late love and I think you may see Katherine Brooks (the writer/director). If you missed it then look again at the film with different eyes.DVD Review: morality aside, this is a mediocre film
Summary: 2 Stars
This is a good quality, well-edited film. The locations are realistic and attractive. However, the plot is basic and predictable, down to the battle of wits between the spoiled 'bad-girl' daughter of a senator and Mother Superior; the tattle-tale; a jealous school mate; the teacher's long-suffering fiancee. The opinion of the film (as art) should be separated from the judgmental position on teacher-student or minor-adult relationships. I don't think the film overly condones the relationship; and in the end, the teacher is arrested. It's just not a very good picture. It was not fun watching Simone grimace through the movie.DVD Review: Maybe we've set the bar too low...
Summary: 2 Stars
...because I'm shocked at the number of 4 and 5 star reviews. Just because there are so few lesbian films does not mean that you have to train yourself to enjoy movies that are poorly written or acted.
I got about 95% of the way through this movie before I stopped. I realized that I didn't care if the women in the movie lived or died.
The young girl in the movie is supposed to be a "bad" girl (conveyed to us by her smoking and her awful orange highlights). The character of the teacher is hardly developed. And while I'm not shallow, I couldn't concentrate on anything she was saying due to the Grand Canyon-like wrinkle between her eyebrows.
It's not sexy. It's poorly filmed. It's predictable.
If you enjoy things like American Idol, cargo shorts, and Katy Perry, then go for it. If you have taste, then don't waste your time.
Description of Loving Annabelle
Rising star Erin Kelly is Annabelle, a precocious Senator's daughter who falls for her Catholic school teacher, Simone (Diane Gaidry, The Dogwalker). After Simone is assigned to control the rebellious student, she instead finds herself drawn into Annabelle's world. As their attraction builds, the two women must cope with the reactions of those around them. Writer-Director Katherine Brooks unveils this smoldering tale of forbidden love with intelligence, wit and sensitivity.A lot of taboos are broken in Loving Annabelle, even if the film itself remains remarkably tasteful--even demure. The central characters are two women, a teacher and her student, and the setting is an all-girls school (shades of Lost and Delirious). Annabelle (the smoldering Erin Kelly), a senior, is a rebellious rocker chick--the Beverly Hills version that is, i.e. highlighted hair, black eyeliner, and nose ring. Her senatorial mother ships her off to boarding school to shape up. Annabelle's hard-partying ways are starting to become an embarrassment. Miss Simone Bradley (the sympathetic Diane Gaidry) is a popular poetry teacher. She's a Catholic. Annabelle is not. Simone has a boyfriend, Annabelle is gay. Looks can be deceiving, however, and there's more to both than meets the eye. For one, Simone's relationship is not as secure as it appears. For another, Annabelle's ardor is so relentless it threatens to sway sympathy against her. She seems to have no regard for the damage an affair would inflict on her teacher's career. Nonetheless, Simone is not entirely resistant to her charms. Inspired by 1931's M?dchen in Uniform, writer/director Katherine Brooks preserves the forbidden relationship at the heart of the Weimar-era classic, but drops the political subtext. Consequently, she doesn't take on more than she can handle, but Loving Annabelle still feels a little slight. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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