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6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- A thoroughly professional comedy, well paced, attractively photographed and smartly acted.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceThere's too much going on in Burning Annie but one thing goes remarkably right: Ordynans's exceptionally canny script nails how thoroughly pop culture has colonized our sentiments.
- 50New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoBurning Annie has funny moments, but it suffers from an overflow of characters.
- 40VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibPic relies on nerdy world-weary irony to carry the day, but doesn't convincingly draw its characters.
- 38TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghPays backhanded homage to Woody Allen via the travails of college loser Max (Gary Lundy), who fears that years of wallowing in "Annie Hall" have permanently poisoned his love life.
- 10Film ThreatFilm ThreatEven with a look at many of these people's relationship problems, there's nothing remotely interesting to listen to when they talk. In this case, it's the fault of the script, which doesn't provide much of anything interesting to keep it going for as long as it does.