Annie
It's a hard knock life.
Production
Annie is a young, happy foster kid who's also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014. Originally left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they'd be back for her someday, it's been a hard knock life ever since with her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan. But everything's about to change when the hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks—advised by his brilliant VP and his shrewd and scheming campaign advisor—makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in. Stacks believes he's her guardian angel, but Annie's self-assured nature and bright, sun-will-come-out-tomorrow outlook on life just might mean it's the other way around.
Trailers & Videos
ANNIE - Official Trailer - In Theaters Christmas 2014!
Cast
Quvenzhané Wallis
Annie Bennett
Jamie Foxx
William "Will" Stacks
Rose Byrne
Grace Farell
Cameron Diaz
Miss Colleen Hannigan
David Zayas
Lou
Amanda Troya
Pepper
Zoe Colletti
Tessie
Eden Duncan-Smith
Isabella
Dorian Missick
Annie's "Dad"
Tracie Thoms
Annie's "Mom"
Mike Birbiglia
Social Services Inspector
Stephanie Kurtzuba
Mrs. Kovacevic
Peter Van Wagner
Harold Gray
Michael J. Fox
Himself
Raushanah Simmons
YaYa L'Occitane
DonnaMarie Recco
Woman on Street
Mila Kunis
Andrea Alvin
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Reviews
r96sk
Not for the lack of effort, but 'Annie' isn't good.
I've admittedly never seen the original musical, not that I think that's necessary anyway. I like the cast, while the songs are alright - if cringey. Everything else is either slow, predictable or straight up boring. It might've, perhaps, worked better as a flat out drama - though then they'd get hate for changing things, I guess.
As noted, the onscreen talent stopped this from falling far down my ratings. Jamie Foxx and Rose Byrne are two actors I enjoy, I found them satisfactory in this - could've been better, could've been worse. Quvenzhané Wallis is more than decent in the lead, while David Zayas is solid.
Cameron Diaz is, however, truly awful - and that's coming from someone who likes Diaz; she's very good in films like 'Shrek', 'Knight and Day' and 'Bad Teacher' but this is certainly the worst I've seen from her - it's a shame that she went out with this as well as the dreadful and overall inferior 'Sex Tape'.
Despite me rating (most of) the cast themselves, I don't think the casting itself is anything praisable. Foxx, Byrne and Diaz are not three actors I'd immediately think of if I was making a musical - a few of their songs are a tad ropey.
Poor, all in all.
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