But risky performances from two Hollywood greats, Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard and the twice-nominated Adam Driver, make Annette already worth the price of your Prime membership.
The critics seem to be pretty divided on this one, with many praising it for its originality, while others call it too odd for its own good. We’re not saying you’re going to like it. If you’re among the multitude of people whining that everything’s been done before or that remakes and re-imaginings are all anyone does anymore, then for that reason alone, Annette is worth a try.
Full of big, bold, and colorful musical numbers (there’s a lot of dancing on desks going on), if Everybody’s Talking About Jamie doesn’t help you shake off the fall funk, you may want to check your pulse. Grant), who agrees to teach Jamie all he knows about drag. And while his chosen path is unconventional and even frowned upon by his classmates, his own father (Ralph Ineson), and the locals, Jamie gets nothing but support from his loving mum (Sarah Lancashire), best friend, Pritti (Lauren Patel), and old drag legend Miss Loco Chanelle (Richard E. Sixteen-year-old Sheffield high schooler Jamie New (Max Harwood) has big dreams of becoming a drag queen.
Originally based on Jenny Popplewell’s popular TV movie, Jamie: Drag Queen at 16, this Amazon Original Movie is an adaptation of the stage musical from the same team – director James Butterell, composer Dan Gillespie, and lyricist Tom McRae. If you’re in need of a fun, fabulous, feel-good movie this weekend, this West End stage play-turned-feature film will likely have you not just off the couch, but setting up a runway in your living room. We’ve also put together guides to the best shows on Prime Video, the best movies on Hulu, the best movies on Netflix, the best new movies to stream, the best new shows to stream, and the best movies on Disney+.
We update this list every week, so check back often so you can stop scrolling and start watching. That’s where we come in with this of the best movies on Amazon Prime, ranked using a combination of our own preferences as well as critical ratings from Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and IMDb.
And while the service has more than enough new and classic movies, as well as some pretty great originals, no one wants to spend the opening moments of 2022 endlessly scrolling through movie titles trying to find something good to watch.
But as with any streaming service, there are more misses than hits. We made it, a new year is upon us! Out with the old and in with the new, as they say, and in keeping with that idiom Amazon Prime Video has said goodbye to a pile of movies to make way for some new titles to kick things off.