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  Review by indi ★½

  misogyny: hello
  racism: hello!
  me, blasting "anything you can do" as loud as I humanly can: who the fuck are you

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  Review by Shea ★★½ 2

  Just wanna give Annie a pep talk and tell her she doesn't need to change herself just for the acceptance of a man.

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  Review by Ethan Lyon ★★ 3

  1st George Sidney

  A travesty of a film made under regrettable circumstances, where the original star collapsed under the weight of MGM’s mistreatment and the entire project had to be remade with a new star. Hutton, frankly, is the worst thing in it, choosing to play it unbelievably broad, almost gurning in her emotions. She’s meant to be quirky and bubbly but instead she’s merely hyperactive, rendering a number of her songs simply unbearable. “Doin’ a What Comes Naturally” is maybe the worst, especially considering Garland’s performance of the same song. Judy is simply masterful at making it seem effortless, the casual conversation of a girl from the backwoods. Hutton is the performance of a woman trying to make the…

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  Review by Robin ★½

  racist, misogynistic, and too campy. couple of bops though.

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  Review by Bre ★★

  That song on the train was really peak comedy because Betty Hutton’s singing all quiet and gentle and then Howard Keel opens his mouth and it’s so jarring, like all of a sudden he’s yelling and I still haven’t stopped laughing at that

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  Review by Ethan 🍂

  How kind of this movie to sandwich it’s horribly dated moments between some absolute musical BANGERS.

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  Review by Matthew B. ★★★ 3

  Based on the life of Annie Oakley, Annie Get Your Gun is a likable-enough musical from George Sidney. With songs that feature the legendary Irving Berlin at his most playful (most notably, "Anything You Can Do"), the film is full of joyful energy that matches its vibrant color.

  Betty Hutton's performance is deliberately over-the-top, and it works... to a point. That said, my patience for her performance style began to wear thin by the end of the running time. The character whose boundless energy put a smile on my face early grew tiresome by the end. Howard Keel, Hutton's co-star, is in fine voice, but does not turn in a particularly-memorable performance as he is dwarfed by Hutton's larger-than-life starring…

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  Review by Shane ★ 35

  What a frustrating film! I won't spoil the film, but it sends a terrible message to women. Want to get a man? Accept his childish demands, and you'll be fine!

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  Review by ZaraGwen ★½

  More like Annie Get Your Misogyny

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  Review by Jacob Martin (formally known as The Movie King) ★★★★½ 1

  Well that was interesting.

  Watching Annie Get Your Gun reminded me why I started Musical Monday in the first place. Sure many of these MGM musicals have pretty much the same story formula and some of the storytelling is old-fashioned and dated (in this case, how the film portrays Native Americans), but it's just so dang enjoyable fun to watch! It reminded me of Calamity Jane, a lot (which is strange, because both movies involve a rough, tough shoot-em-up chick from the west who cleans herself up to fall for the hotshot gun slinging hunk and both feature the same leading actor Howard Keel), but this film is definitely the superior flick mainly because I was more involved with its…

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  Review by olivia ★★★★

  This SLAPS SO HARD. I was gonna give it a four and a half star rating but the ‘Indians’ and the ending made me upset. :(( Aside from that Betty Hutton is my new favorite person ever and I intend to watch a lot more of her movies! Annie Oakley is my idol and every song is perfect!!

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  Review by trav ★★★★

  I have 5 questions for myself about this movie.
  1. Why did I watch it?
  2. Why is it my second time watching it?
  3. Why did I give it 4 stars?
  4. Why is it so racist?
  5. Pawnee is a real place?