Annie Hall to the camera, or launch into inspired monologues like Annie's free-association as she describes her family to Alvy. This speech by Diane Keaton is as close to perfect as such a speech can likely be ... all done in one take of brilliant brinksmanship." He cites a study that calculated the average shot length of "Annie Hall" to be 14.5 seconds, while other films made in 1977 had an average shot length of 4–7 seconds. Peter Cowie suggests that "Allen breaks up his extended shots with more orthodox cutting back and forth in conversation pieces, so that the forward momentum
Annie (2014 film) film. Matt Zoller Seitz called Wallis "the first Annie to bring something both culturally and personally new to this role", and praised the rest of the cast too, including Foxx and Byrne. Cameron Diaz's performance however, received polarized reviews, with critics praising her effort, but ultimately calling it too "vampy", as well as "strident and obnoxious". Peter Travers of "Rolling Stone" says that she "overacts the role to the point of hysteria". Months after the film's release, Diaz announced that she would retire from acting. Annie (2014 film) Annie is a 2014 American musical comedy-drama film directed by Will Gluck,