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Dec 19, 2014 · This “Annie” is so very, very welcome right now. Its easygoing, multicultural, can’t-we-all-just-get-along utopianism is a pop culture Band-Aid for a country with a bloodied sense of possibility. Judged purely on aesthetic merit, it is a two-and-a-half-star movie at best. The extra star is for sending people out of the theater wanting to ...
Annie
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- Will Gluck
- PG
- Jamie Foxx
Nov 8, 2012 · Review: ‘Annie’ revival has a fine Warbucks, overcooked Hannigan and doesn’t make lizards leap. The slow-to-start musical features an appealing 11-year-old Lilla Crawford in the title role ...
3/10. An atrocious film filled with hollowed performances and D-grade musical numbers. trublu215 18 December 2014. Annie is an age old story of an orphan struggling to survive and is magically swept off her feet by a reluctant grouch who suddenly gets a warm heart and yadda yadda yadda.
The story of a plucky, red-haired girl who dreams of life outside her dreary orphanage. One day, Annie (Quinn) is chosen to stay for one week with the famous billionaire "Daddy" Warbucks (Finney). One week turns into many and the only person standing in the way of Annie's fun is Miss Hannigan, the gin-soaked ruler of the orphanage (Burnett). (Sony)
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- John Huston
- PG
Dec 14, 2014 · ‘Annie’: Film Review. Quvenzhane Wallis and Jamie Foxx play 21st century incarnations of the comic-strip orphan and her billionaire benefactor in this musical update. By David Rooney.
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Parents need to know that Annie is an updated version of the classic stage and movie musical.Set in modern-day New York and starring Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild), Annie features familiar songs (updated by Jay-Z and Sia) and Annie's typically hard-knock life with vile foster mom Miss Hannigan (Cameron Diaz), who drinks too much and terrorizes the girls in her care.