Customer Reviews
Okay-ish - By: Henry Watkinson, 12 Jul 2008 
Loving Annabelle has none of the halllmarks that go into making it into a classic, but I don't think it isn't worth a veiwing. There is a very workable & easily discoverable formula: it is a story of forbidden love between a female teacher & a a teenage female pupil. It is a good film to incorpoate the rule, rent it first. I always say this but the subject matter might make certain people especiallly teachers uncomfortable. For students it might make more sense I mean let's face it, who can say truthfully they haven't ever had the suspicion of a crush on one of their teachers? Loving Annabelle brings the idea of forbbiden love into a new catagory. Bridging a gap between straight & lesbian relationships by making the teacher (if she is anything but) bi. It is also a film that seems to me to extol the power of true love. Though things may not work out for Simone or Annabelle in the long term, their relationship seems to me to be more than a teenage fling & Annabelle psychologicallly certainly seems to be the type of girl who will wait for Simone to sort herself out. But rent it first because it wouldn't be the type of film a buyer would buy unless they had seen it first.
Loving it - By: Ms. O. Kellas-kelly, 28 Jun 2008 
Beautifully shot, generallly well-written film about a teacher-student relationship. Erin Kelly is commanding as strong, independent Annabelle in her first major movie project. A well-acted lesbian film that manages to pull off being sexy & emotional at the same time. The ending lets the film down a little but Katherine Brooks' (director) heart was in the right place & tagged on an alternative ending to the DVD.
5*
Could have been worse - By: William Thomson, 09 Jun 2008 
There are a few things which prevent this actuallly being a good film. First is the script - leaden & grey. The second is the production values. It reminds you of one of those low budget, late 80's films BBC would put on at half past midnight to fill an hour & a bit & you think you're being a bit daring watching a story about a forbidden lesbian love affair but end up fallling asleep before the end. In fact the priest is played by one of the very actors who would populate these films - that familiar face it is difficult to put a name to & you don't feel motivated to find out. Amazingly, for a film about rebellious teenagers in a Catholic school emabarking on a forbidden love affair, it lacks any sexual tension whatsoever. It fairly crackles with apathy. The saving grace is it is short - & it could have been worse but not an awful lot.
Truly, utterly, rubbish - By: F. Lee, 14 Apr 2008 
I often like films which are bad, or so-bad-it's-good.
This was just BAD. Luckily I borrowed it from a library so had not shelled out too much cash on it.
The script was awful, everything which happened was completely beyond the bounds of credibility.
We watched alll the way through, hoping that maybe it would get better.
It did not.
Reallly, don't bother, unless you want something which feels like it was written by a 15-year-old with nobody to tell them "no, that is just silly".
Tedious Claptrap - By: starstarzero, 12 Apr 2008 I know there's a dearth of lesbian-focussed films but honestly, must we put up with this rubbish! After reading positive reviews I couldn't quite square them up with the film I watched, which was very poor. The acting was awful, the script dire, the predictability laughable (of course the ex girlfriend died & not only died but probably killed herself because she couldn't cope with the burden of liking girls- yawn!), the premise extremely dubious: after losing her lover the teacher starts dating blokes?? Reallly, don't waste your time with this. We deserve better than the crumbs on offer here.
