Loving Annabelle Was THAT MOVIE
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2023
- Is Loving Annabelle a problematic favorite or just problematic? Join me as I rewatch this 2006 teacher/student romance to see just how well it holds up.
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Babe!! Everyone hates that movie!
It's terrible.
Lesbian gets in bed with douche bag..
Hetero hijinks ensue.. lol
I didn't like it. Thought it was awful.. terrible. Upsetting..
At least they actually showed Ms. Bradley getting arrested for the repercussions over sleeping with her underage student, and didn't try to overally romanticise the relationship. Also, rest in peace to Diane Gaidry, who played Bradley, who sadly passed away in 2019.
Omg I didn't know she passed away
Oh no! RIP Diane Gaidry
So sad she passed on
I loved it as a teen, cause of course I had crushes on teachers and supervisors, but now that I'm an adult Jesus fucking Christ 🤣
That's your take now? You've never had a love the was taboo in any way, shape or form?? Believe it or not, forbidden live isn't exclusive to this dynamic of the movie.
Yeah, this movie is obviously inappropriate but, that was the whole point. It's a movie. I still like it and find it more appealing than most lesbian movies. RIP to Diane Gaidry who played Simone. She's from my hometown, Buffalo, NY. It was really sad when she past. Cancer Sucks.
Watched this movie a week ago for the first time and i freaking LOVED IT! I loved it so much that i re-watched it again. Although i don't agree with your negative view about this movie your comedic approach is more than welcome. Made me giggle so much! So here is my piece about Loving Annabelle: I heavily watched this movie from Simone's point of view mostly. That is to say i felt way more connected and resonated with Simone's character and i wasn't that focused on whether or not the relationship was illegal. I just wanted to see and feel what the movie was trying to convey.
Simone, the poetry catholic school teacher is clearly being hounded by this 17 year old new student who is very brave and daring, looking at Simone with those sexy eyes, sending her flowers, making her feel tempted and questioning her morals. But also helping her face her issues about Amanda's death. In a way Annabelle kind of helped Simone but also put her in so much distress from their first time together till their last. Of course not only distress but also being there for one another.
She tried to resist and deny Annabelle but i feel that after her conversation with the father Harris she was so exhausted by all the personal issues in her life (her boyfriend etc). So she followed his advice about not trying to figure all the things going wrong in her life and just go with the "flow". That's why she takes Annabelle to the beach. She's trying to show her that they can just be friends and not what Annabelle thinks she wants. But yes, after a while she just can't deny the connection that they share together. Clearly it goes in the wrong direction and as you said she deeply regrets taking Annabelle with her. You can greatly sense her sadness, distress and agony in the bath tub scene after their return from the beach house.
Now before the dance she indeed tries to avoid her like the "plague" and clears the "air" with her in the last classroom scene. At the dance she feels bad about rejecting her while she was dancing with her ex-boyfriend. But when she hears Annabelle sing for her (my favorite scene of the movie and Annabelle such an alpha move girl you did and how you were looking at Simone and how she was looking at you, i just can't) she just can't turn away. She's in awe of and yearning Annabelle, yearning their times together and starting to see all this in another way. She reflected and still thought that this can't happen right before leaving and going outside to be alone but when Annabelle takes her hand, after so many "close calls" that they had together, she just CAN'T say NO anymore. They finally kiss and make love.
In the end after their love scene they get caught and after Simone goes to her aunt she herself admits that it wasn't right and that she was thinking this every moment she was with Annabelle. In the end she gets arrested (by her own aunt's orders which is kind of messed up along with the incest part you mentioned earlier). The director doesn't shy away from punishing Simone and making her feel guilty and distressed about all this and states in an interview that Annabelle's behavior was way more predatory than Simone's. And i agree wholeheartedly with that. But it isn't a "bad" predatory type of behavior as in some other somewhat similar movies. They both fell for one another under these weird and controversial situations they were under. In the alternative ending Simone didn't face charges but she was still fired from her job. Also Annabelle would have turned 18 in a couple of days so it would be okay, from a legal perspective at least.
All in all this is just a movie and the most important thing is how one felt for the other. At least there are some people like me that see this movie as it is, a movie about deep and profound connection that lead to Love. ♥♥♥
Also RIP Diane Gaidry. I feel so bad that i watched this movie after your passing... You were phenomenal, sublime and perfect. 😭😢😭
You simply get it❤
I remember being obsessed with this movie when I was younger. These days it just makes me cringe. I did appreciate that it had realistic consequences for its weirdness.
LMFAO!!! The cut to "Not today, Satan!" killed me! Well played.
Agreed.
OMG - back in 2006, when this movie was making the rounds of Film Festivals, I was obsessed. Back then, writer/director Katherine Brooks had a My Space page (remember that?!🤣) for Loving Annabelle and whipped us all up into a frenzy as she posted photos from the film. I flew from Florida to Los Angeles to see it at the Outlook Festival. I feel so lucky to have met Katherine, Diane, Erin and other cast & crew at that event. Wonderful, loving people who put their heart & soul into that indie film. Like everyone, I was heartbroken when Diane lost her battle with cancer. She was well aware of how much her fans loved her for taking on the role of Simone. Thanks so much Evelyn for the magical trip down memory lane!! 🙌🌈❤️
I first watched this movie when I was 16-18 y.o. I shipped them hard but understood it was not okay. Now I'm 32 and a teacher of English at school. I still like them but only in a nostalgia kind of way. I'm totally against such relationship in real life.
The editing for this review is so funny 😆
Still one of my favorite movies even now🤷🏿♀️
The editing in this video is hilarious 😂😂😂
The editing is what makes this review glorious!
Yes! It contains multitudes ✨ Love it ❤
That editing is on FIRE! Laughed so hard. Thank you 😄😄
LOVE👏🏽 LOVE👏🏽 LOVE👏🏽 This video!!
So funny! So good!
I can relate to how, upon rewatching, you feel differently based on which character you connect with. This was one of my favorites. There was so much sensual tension. Thanks for the hilarious recap/reminder 😂
Yeah, many years later as I get older, it turned into “Simone dooooont look” 😂
Loved your use of snippets from different shows in this haha
You have a great sense of humor, I loved the video. And I didn't know there was another ending!!! Going to look for it.
I liked this movie when it first came out because there was very little wlw content I got to see, so I was willing to watch anything. But as bad as this movie is, Bloomington is worse. That bathroom scene in Bloomington just made me think of a mother bathing her child.
Yes Bloomington is gross. Loving Annabelle was definitely inappropriate but I could see it. Not Bloomington was cringe.. that girl looked like a child.
I agree, don't like Bloomington at all. I tried watching it but couldn't finish it. Find it interesting that the age gap between those two actors is barely nothing compared to Diane and Erin's, yet Loving Annabelle doesn't feel uncomfortable the way Bloomington kind of does
@@TeaspooncatI totally agree.
sorry but it sounds kinda hypocritical to say bloomington is more gross and uncomfortable than loving Annabelle. I'm not defending bloomington but at least she wasn't underage. she was a 19 year old college student who was really famous and rich. so the power dynamics are way less unequal. yes I agree the choice of actors in bloomington was shitty and very creepy, but you just can't think or claim that loving Annabelle is somehow better
@@jjakajshbajajzhshah the choice of actors? How so? The two leads in Bloomington are actually rather close in age
This same feeling happened to me this past Sunday when I re-watched Bloomington after a decade. I'm glad I grew up and was able to see things differently.
Oh, yeah Bloomington! Unusual, but such a great movie
Did anyone else catch how Mother Immaculata's name was a word play of the word, 'Immaculate' which means clean, neat, tidy. But it's so ironic because when there were scenes taking place in Mother Immaculata's office, her desk was an absolute mess with books and papers stacked and strewn everywhere. I laugh everytime I see Mother Immaculata at her messy desk! Love the irony!
Couldn't you watch Saving Face and Imagine me and You over and over like a rest of us.
I love your humour edits😂 Yo that Danity Kane "Poetry" parts are taking me out😂. Yeah this movie was everything to me when I was younger. Def problematic fave.
Thanks for this much needed video and for going straight at it !
Showing all the complexity of the change of perspective ! (right there with you)
And for making it hillarious, as always !
"I'd like to report a crime!!" 🤣
32!?! Thought she was in her 40s 😂
i thought 50s 😂😂
@@aepbuzz or that! 😂
You are the best, Evelyn! I laughed throughout the whole video. 😆
😂 you’re content is hilarious 😂 and exact, love it!
I love your videos!! You crack me up with the inserts. Thank you for putting the work in to make these. ❤
These edits are absolutely fantastic
Has anyone else watched "Finding Kate"? It is a short film by the same director, Katherine Brooks. It also stars Erin Kelly. It is here on UA-cam.
Back when I was initially obsessed with Loving Annabelle, I ended up watching 3 projects with Katherine Brooks directing and Erin Kelly acting.
"Finding Kate"
"Loving Annabelle"
"Waking Madison"
PS- I tried to post this earlier, but weird UA-cam algorithms prevented it.
I have a DVD of Finding Kate. Interesting short film based on Katherine Brooks’ crush on her own cousin. 🌈🤦♀️
Another creepy movie: Bloomington
Omg Bloomington is even worse than Loving Annabelle
@@Marie70707070 Agreed.
@@Marie70707070 I agreed and disagree, depends on what is worse part. The relationship, while not illegal in the Bloomington, definitely more predatory vibe. Like don't date your students, I don't care if it is college. Sad but also very realistic on barely adult child stars dating someone WAY too old for them.
Damn... the mommy issues here weren't even subtle were they, when she cuts her meat for her and when she bathes her 😅
I needed this. The accuracy. So good!
I can honestly say that I never had a crush on any of my teachers. 😅
And when I saw this movie for the first time, I was old enough to get frustrated over the age difference betwwen them, and the potential crime she comitted with not being professional enough, to lead a teenager on, who's under the age of 18. 😱😬
She's 17 people... that's not illegal...i liked this movie, except for the ending... didn't know there was an alternate ending so that's exciting
Thank you, Evelyn! I feel the same way as you and I had the same fascination for the movie back then when I was 26. Same relationship I have with that amazing episode of True Love with Billie Piper and Kaya Scodelario! ❤
Loved this!
that was one hell of an amazing video, send you lots of love friend, love your videos. I still really like this movie lmao.
I think I always loved this movie bc when I was younger I wanted that to happen. Sad, Ik 😐😬. Pleaseeeeee the little clips in between kill me😂😂
You summed it up so well. 10/10
tge editing is hilarious HAHAHAHH do a review with cracks plssss 😂
This editing ❤😂
I laughed so much!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nice review 😂
Amazing editing, gurllll. Greetings from Argentina
Great video!
I was obsessed with Loving Annabelle. It was the first film that made me want to buy the DVD based on clips I’d seen on UA-cam. Maybe because I had a serious crush on a teacher when I was younger made me relate to this rather than seeing it as problematic. And Ms Bradley was portrayed as quite child-like and naive and not predatory.
The Moonlighting clip made my day! (Yes, I'm old -- this was the "stop everything roommate TV must see show" my sophomore year in college.)
Yes this movie was amazing and it definitely hits different now from when it first came out. And your reaction videos are simply phenomenal. Thanks for doing them!
OMG - this vid! GREAT. Lmaooooo
Yes, you’re right about all of it. I still loved it when it came out. 🤣 I should do a rewatch. It’s been forever.
I want to know who does the edits because I know it would take a lot of work to snip in all the pieces of these other movies and TV shows I think sometimes you just do these things just to have us giggling with the Snippets so silly I love it😄
Fabulous edit. Lol more than once 😂
this might be my favorite ever! I laughed hard! 🙃 and.... I know what you mean, I felt the same ride from obsession to wth is this!
I love that the Fandom is still alive I wasn't expecting it. But I can agree it was kinda....But the whole concept was a good idea and iam glad that a movie like this exist believe that if a similar plot like this film went out on this generation, either that will get canceled immediately or it will blow up and be liked by millions of ppl
This was instead one of my less favourite movies. I think that the characters were unlikely to ever become a couple and the teacher’s character was awkward. Not to mention the age def guerente and that fact that the girl was troubled and underaged, which was the teacher’s responsibility not to take advantage of that.
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Lol thank you Evelyn yup was the same for me
I almost spit my drink on this intro. So accurate.
lol the first 20 seconds ...... hilarious
Haven't seen this one. Should!
haha now i want to rewatch this film! for some reason i think loving annabelle is a bit less disturbing than bloomington or bilitis. it was one of the first wlw films i watched i think?? soft spot lol
Oh no she passed away!?
RIP Diane Gaidry 😔
Idc, I'm now 25 but still low key love this film😂 Still find Simone incredibly attractive. Tho, this was the first time I saw any clips of the end bcs I always stop the film when they are caught by the aunt😶
She’d be 59 today… RIP
I remember this making me so uncomfortable as pretty much the same age 15 as Annabelle. Look had crushes as a kid on my female teachers, but no nope this was not the avenue and kind of made me question and feel bad about what I felt with my sexuality. The teacher/student trope was never okay with me because it felt too real?
I don't think its as much of a troubling film as you would think.
As a female student who is still obsessed with female student x female teacher/younger woman x older woman dynamic, this movie was pretty enjoyable. They had balls to show the teacher face the consequences of her actions but I still prefer the alternative ending where the teacher has been acquitted.
Overall, a pretty decent movie, but it was too quick IMO
Omg why didn't I know about the alternative ending?!
Yeap, was obsessed with this movie too, actually I think I still like it a lot, I know it's problematic and portrays relationships with underage person... But actress who played Annabelle was 24 at the time and it looks like she is older than 17 definitely - this fact confuses a lot too...
And intimate scene and all the tension between characters - I agree, magnificent!
I did not know about Diane Gaidry... ((( That's sad (((
Omg I can’t stop laughing while trying to be serioussss 😂
Interesting thoughts. , have seen this movie several times but not recently. It has always been problematic but that Annabelle was relentless and Simone very vulnerable it makes for an interesting movie. You pose a great question ,however, I don’t have any answers but gives me the opportunity to consider that whole situation again to figure out we’re I stand. Now if I could just remember what I was thing years ago😬
Do you have any thoughts about Bloomingdale. Similar situation but the student was older?
Evelyn, that hurts :-) I liked the movie when it came out and i still like it. Now when I come from a part of tre world where the age of concent is 15 , (though the movies brak two laws, simon is over 18 and she is in a possition of power which is an agravating cirumstance, and you can only vote at 18....) and i have seen Noce blanche (with Vanessa paradis and bruno Cremer) when it came out. Yes it is probelematic and rises questions but it is fiction this is kind of what fiction is there for. I mean it is not because i like "Conan" or "the 7 sumuarai" and that i think 3 foot of steel is the solution to all my problems.
I like the music of this film... It was an ok film but not the best to me... Thanks so much... I love the way you make your videos... they make me lough and smile and... I love it Thanks 🥰💗🤟
Hahaha this cracked me up. Aside from Lost and Delirious which was one of my first to watch (it broke me) my second was Loving Annabella. Always had to watch the alternative ending to fill my happy gay heart. But I never knew the age gap haha I will choose to ignore it to soother my soul now im older then Ms Bradley and this is weird AF haha
Ok, I understand that the teacher-student relationship trope is super problematic, but still... ᴵᵗ'ˢ ʰᵒᵗ
Now, I didn't remember that the principal (?) was the teacher's aunt and was hitting on her. WTF? Were they trying to make sure that the movie did shock people?
Did Evelyn already cover Olivia and Cracked somewhere? 🤔
Kind of a few times. Off the top of my head, I can think of them being mentioned in a guilty pleasures video. All these movies kind of fell under 1 type of group. I feel like I remember her covering them in another video in a little more detail, but I do not recall which.
@@Usedfood004 thanks! I'll check that video out then c:
Well...I was older when I watched the movie, so, I guess I was supposed to relate to Simone, BUT, maybe I was trying to reclaim my youth OR maybe it was the fact that Simone was all kinds of HOT! I have watched this movie more times that I care to admit...There are just so many horrible lesbian movies, that this one stood out as one of the good ones...and, I had that massive crush on Simone. I'm a mom, so, if this happened to my kid, or any kid I know, I might have a very different opinion, but I told myself that Annabelle was 18, and that made me feel better...I just loved the film. I think Diane Gaidry was so good, I managed to find a couple films with her in them...not as good as Loving Annabelle. I am so glad I am NOT the only person that thought Auntie Nun was hitting on her niece...THAT REALLY bothered me. But, ya know, there's a lot os shit going on with THAT church...SO many books written by former nuns about having sex with other nuns...and the priests. I'll stop here. At 54, I still love the movie. Simone never put pressure on Annabelle...I don't know...Maybe I need theropy because I still am swept up in this story. Katherine Brooks does an amazing job with the film. I am STILL waiting for a films Brooks did with Jill Hennessey (Law and Order, Crossing Jordan, City on a Hill...singer/songwriter, one of my TV wives.) It's finished she had issues getting it picked up for release. Maybe one day, I hate knowing that Jill is sitting somewhere not being watched....(did that sound old man creapy?) Anyway. Loved Loving Annabelle. Still heartbroken of the passing of Diane Gaidry.
Didn’t watch the video yet so she might’ve said it but : If you like this kinda dynamics, watch Bloomington! And they’re both 18+ this time
I missed this one. Now I'm scared I might like... A CRIME. DunDUN!
ughh the biggest plot twist is that I used to judge this movie but then it turned out I’m a teacher and I’m actually dating a former student and she’s way younger than me. (at least nothing happened while she was my student
How do students achieve that I'm 16 and I fall in love with my teachers so much
@@koffiecakesame
Honestly I could turn a blind eye to this but Bloomington (2010)... That relationship was actually legal but the student looked so young I couldn't get into it at all. I swear they look like mother and daughter in some scenes.
I had completely forgotten (read: blocked out) Bloomington. And now I've just recalled that bizarre bathing scene and can't stop shuddering 💀
@@AE1P Lmaoo actually foul
Oh gosh, I still like this movie... in defense of Simone, I've to say that it was Annabelle's fault hitting on her too much XD (totally kidding). RIP Diane Gaidry
It´s "Mädchen", pronounced closer to how you´d say the EA it in meadow. :)
"madschen in uuuniform" funny how you pronounce it :D but not sure how to help you to do it correctly, the "ä" hits different.
I feel like... maybe... I don't... I mean I shouldn't... but I do... and well... and... it's just a movie... so that makes it "ok"... ish... if it was real maybe no... i mean probably no... i mean absolutely no... but seriously "Simone! You can't have cookies until they are done."
In addition to the obvious problem, I felt like the characters were such obvious stereotypes, which was equally problematic for me ...
Saw this movie when I was 15 and thought it was weird as fuck but still somehow good. Like it’s an entertaining movie that’s for sure, but it is fucktop. 😂 it remains iconic tho
Meh I love it i.thought she was older than 32 tho
I am so starved for queer content I'll appreciate whatever crumbs I get even if they're undeniably creepy 😅
The UNO reverse card is the most popular tool now, lol
So like Lolita for lesbians then 🤔
No, lolita is a psychological horror story of a 12 year old girl taken advantage of by a man in his 30s, this is a romance of a 17 year old girl and a woman in her 30s. 17 and 12 are very different.
This is how i felt about Bloomington. Which was only slightly less inappropriate by virtue of most college students being adults. but this movie for whatever reason, never resonated with me. i dont know. ive watched it a few times, never got into it. im sure my opinion would have been different in a time with less sapphic media available.
I feel the same way. When this movie came out I really enjoyed it because I was young and related to Annabelle but now that I'm much older I find this movie revolting. I cannot stomach it. 🤢
PS: love your editing!!
The ä in "mädchen" is pronounced like the ay in "may". German is hard :(
Loving Annabelle could be one of your horror reviews. Yuck.
Why?
@@koffiecake just the whole teacher/student thing. It is so inappropriate. If it was a male teacher, we would probably be disgusted.
@gerirousculp3010 It frequently happens with male teachers in media. Pretty little liars for one the relationship was supposed to be good, it's an extremely common trope, and this is the only lesbian film I could find with that premise.
ok i get it, it was your favorite movie and now you hate it cause you know it's problematic and you're clearly stating that. but maybe just stop mentioning this movie in your videos? you're giving it a representation. yes you're saying it's problematic but some kids or problematic adults might find this movie just because of your video and proceed to watch it
yes i also had a very problematic favorite lesbian movie (don't wanna mention it) because it literally was the first ever representation that I've got the chance to watch, but i don't talk about it every second
I never felt like watching it. The poster put me off, the synopsis... yikes
Started off good but then the voice over ruined it
They try to be slick
Thinking that if the student pursues the teacher and the teacher resists….at first,
It’s okay
It really ain’t okay
I did NOT get flirty vibes from Mother Immaculata towards Simone lol It just came across to me like she was never very close to Simone when she was younger and is trying to make up for lost time but is so emotionally repressed that she can only be awkwardly affectionate when she's drunk. But that's not to downplay the extreme discomfort Simone must've felt in that moment. It was just an overall sad scene for me to watch. But enough about my childhood...
I too used to love this movie when I was younger. I rewatched it a couple of months back and I felt awkward throughout. I'm a teacher and I couldn't help but cringe at the teacher'/student dynamic.
Loved the vid (as always)!
Your edits always have me laughing, thank you!
Also this is so accurate. I too saw this in my early adulthood (travelled to SF to see it in theaters even!) and loved it but now that I’m old (so old 😭) and have a soon to be teen daughter… ehhhh not the same.